TY - JOUR KW - Multidrug treatment KW - Leprosy management KW - leprosy KW - Knowledge KW - General health workers KW - Ethiopia KW - Attitude and practice AU - Abeje T AU - Negera E AU - Kebede E AU - Hailu T AU - Hassen I AU - Lema T AU - Yamuah LK AU - Shiguti B AU - Fenta M AU - Negasa M AU - Beyene D AU - Bobosha K AU - Aseffa A AB -

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of public health importance and one of the leading causes of permanent physical disability. Nevertheless, the drop in prevalence following multidrug therapy has resulted in the neglect of leprosy. The annual incidence of leprosy has remained the same in Ethiopia since decades with more than 76 % of the reported new cases coming from Oromia and Amhara Regional States. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and skill of general health workers in leprosy control activities at public health facilities in Oromia and Amhara Regional States.

BT - BMC health services research C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052558?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1329-2 IS - 143513 J2 - BMC Health Serv Res LA - eng N2 -

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of public health importance and one of the leading causes of permanent physical disability. Nevertheless, the drop in prevalence following multidrug therapy has resulted in the neglect of leprosy. The annual incidence of leprosy has remained the same in Ethiopia since decades with more than 76 % of the reported new cases coming from Oromia and Amhara Regional States. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and skill of general health workers in leprosy control activities at public health facilities in Oromia and Amhara Regional States.

PY - 2016 T2 - BMC health services research TI - Performance of general health workers in leprosy control activities at public health facilities in Amhara and Oromia States, Ethiopia UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823854/pdf/12913_2016_Article_1329.pdf ER -