منابع مشابه
Leprosy situation in Nigeria.
With an annual new case detection of 4000 people, a Grade 2 disability rate of 12%, and nearly 10% child ratio among new cases, leprosy remains a disease of public health importance in Nigeria. Faced with the reality of low endemicity; a declining budgetary allocation to leprosy control; and a pervasive loss of expertise; it is necessary for Nigeria to re-organise its leprosy control services t...
متن کاملLeprosy deformities: experience in Molai Leprosy Hospital, Maiduguri, Nigeria.
A total of 410 patients (288 males, 122 females) aged between 9 and 60 years with an average age of 32.5 years were assessed for deformities of the eyes, hands and feet. The objectives were to find out the number and types of leprosy deformities in the leprosy population of the hospital, the proportion of those deformed among them and to establish the deformity baseline for the hospital. The st...
متن کاملLeprosy among foreign missionaries in Northern Nigeria.
Th e author t;, working as medical miss ionaries in the Northern Region of Nige ria, became inte rested in the occurrence of leprosy among missionariet; in tha t area after several cases had come to their attention. 'We th er efore thought that it would be of interest to gather as much information of an epidemiologic nature as could be obtained. As fa I' as we know, no previous similar study ha...
متن کاملPerceived social restriction in leprosy-affected inhabitants of a former leprosy colony in northeast Brazil.
INTRODUCTION In Brazil, isolation of individuals affected with leprosy was compulsory by law from 1920 to 1962, but in reality, confinement of patients to leprosaria continued until the 1980s. The social participation restriction of people still living in these institutions has never been investigated systematically. STUDY AIM To examine the extent and type of participation restriction percei...
متن کاملPerceived Stigma towards Leprosy among Community Members Living Close to Nonsomboon Leprosy Colony in Thailand
BACKGROUND Interpretation of Leprosy as a sickness differs among society. The set of beliefs, knowledge and perceptions towards a disease play a vital role in the construction of stigma towards a disease. The main purpose of this study was to explore the extent and correlates of the perceived stigma towards leprosy in the community living close to the leprosy colony in Non Somboon region of Kho...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Leprosy Review
سال: 1933
ISSN: 0305-7518
DOI: 10.5935/0305-7518.19330005