Further observations on MDT blister-calendar packs in vertical leprosy eradication programmes--a multicentre study (phase II)

Delivery of MDT through blister calendar packs in leprosy eradication programmes--a multicentre field study (phase I). Multicentre Study Group.

To overcome operational problems and improve patient compliance in leprosy programmes, DANIDA introduced blister calendar packs (BCP) to deliver MDT in four districts in India. A questionnaire study of 1470 patients from these districts showed that more than 90% accepted BCP and found them to be very convenient for domiciliary treatment. A similar study of 127 treatment providers indicated that...

Comment: Blister-calendar packs for multiple drug therapy in leprosy.

Leprosy elimination through integrated basic health services in Myanmar: the role of midwives.

Myanmar is one of the top 16 countries identified by WHO as being hyperendemic for leprosy. Multi-drug therapy (MDT) was introduced in 1988 as a vertical programme and gradually integrated into the basic health services (BHS), achieving 100% coverage over the registered cases by 1995. To achieve maximum coverage of and benefit for patients, both leprosy vertical staff and BHS staff were trained...

Integration of Leprosy Elimination into Primary Health Care in Orissa, India

BACKGROUND Leprosy was eliminated as a public health problem (<1 case per 10,000) in India by December 2005. With this target in sight the need for a separate vertical programme was diminished. The second phase of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme was therefore initiated: decentralisation of the vertical programme, integration of leprosy services into the primary health care (PHC) syst...

Integration of leprosy in general health system vis-à-vis leprosy endemicity, health situation and socioeconomic development: observations from Chhattisgarh & Kerala.

This study looked at the integration of leprosy services in the GHS in context of health and socioeconomic situations using predefined indicators. It also looked at clients' perception of MDT services. The Indian states of Chhattisgarh and Kerala, which are at two extremes in leprosy endemicity, health situation and socioeconomic development, have been compared using predefined integration indi...