Situation of global leprosy

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  • Ishii Norihisa
    Department of Bioregulation, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
  • Mori Shuichi
    Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
  • Suzuki Koichi
    Department of Bioregulation, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

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  • 世界のハンセン病の現況

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The epidemiological situation of leprosy is reported by the health division of each country to WHO. The reported data is collected by WHO and is immediately run on the Weekly Epidemiological Record. On this latest edition, data from the beginning of 2005 was reported. According to this edition, the importance of the fact that nine countries in the world has yet to achieve the WHO goal of eliminating leprosy, early detection and constantly providing drugs free of charge, and continuing to carry out the leprosy control activities within the general health services.

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