Leprosy: ancient disease remains a public health problem nowadays

Leprosy: ancient disease remains a public health problem nowadays*

Despite being an ancient disease, leprosy remains a public health problem in several countries -particularly in India, Brazil and Indonesia. The current operational guidelines emphasize the evaluation of disability from the time of diagnosis and stipulate as fundamental principles for disease control: early detection and proper treatment. Continued efforts are needed to establish and improve qu...

Elimination of leprosy as a public health problem.

[Strategy to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem].

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Treatment gets better, but leprosy remains a global problem.

Rising standards of living and the provision of effective medical treatment have resulted in good control of leprosy in many parts of the world, but WHO-led efforts for the global elimination of leprosy by 2000 did not succeed. In several countries, however, ambitious and ill-advised attempts to meet the elimination goals led to changes in policies and casereporting methods, prompting premature...

Editorial: Periodontal Disease – A Public Health Problem

In 2010, the World Health Organization published an important report entitled " Equity, Social Determinants and Public Health Programmes " (1, 2) revealing that among priority public health conditions, oral health represents a global problem linked to inequalities in social circumstances (3). Periodontal disease, a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in progressive attachment and alveolar bo...