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 Since 1985 to date, the prevalence of leprosy
has been reduced globally by > 90%, with >15 million persons detected
and cured; currently almost 100% of registered cases are receiving MDT;
The global
leprosy cases reduced from >10 million in 1985 to < 1 million by
the year 2000 and to < 0.3 million in 2005;
108 of the 122 countries which had a national
leprosy prevalence of >1 case per 10,000 population in 1985, achieved the
leprosy elimination goal at the national level by the original target date of 2000 and another 5 countries by 2004. India achieved the elimination goal in December
2005 and Madagascar
in June 2006. Thus 115 countries have achieved the goal of elimination of
leprosy as a public health problem.
The number of relapses remain low, at about
0.1% per year, and
Multiple Drug resistance following MDT has not
been reported.
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Parameter
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1985
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2000
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2006
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1. Number of Countries* with
Prevalence Rates of > 1/10,000 population
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122
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14
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5
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2. Global Prevalence
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10/10,000
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1/10,000
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0.3/10,000
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3. Patients on MDT
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< 10%
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100%
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100%
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4. Patients Cured
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Accurate Data Not Available
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11.2 million
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>15 million
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5. Drug Resistance
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High.
Since single drug – Dapsone was given for long
periods, in low doses
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Nil.
Multi-Drug Resistance following MDT is NOT reported
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Nil.
Multi-Drug Resistance following MDT is NOT reported
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Since 14 countries missed the elimination target at the end
of 2000, WHO extended the target date to December
2005. As of now, only 5 major countries, Brazil,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nepal and
Tanzania
are yet to attain the goal of elimination of leprosy as a public health
problem.
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