Progress towards a leprosy-free country: The experience of Oman.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The World Health Organization (WHO) released the Global Leprosy Strategy 2016-2020 towards a leprosy-free world. The author described the progress made towards the elimination of leprosy and suggested recommendations for the acceleration towards a Leprosy-free country according to WHO laid out criterion.

Methodology

Case record review of Leprosy patients managed between the years 1992 to 2015 were registered and analyzed. Data were collected from annual reports of the Ministry of Health including demographics, classification of leprosy new cases, relapse, childhood, grades of disability (GD) and multidrug therapy (MDT) completion rates.

Results

Leprosy prevalence rate declined from 1.64 to 0.09 per 10,000 population during the period 1992 and 2015 (p<0.00

SUBMITTER: Al Awaidy ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714392 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature