@article{101163,
  keywords = {Public health , Leprosy Control, Redefinition, Elimination},
  author = {Medley G and Crump R and Lockwood DJ},
  title = {Interpreting data in policy & control: The case of leprosy},
  abstract = {<p>Leprosy is an ancient disease, and the WHO target of elimination by the year 2000 in 1991 was perhaps ambitious [1]. This ambition was mitigated by a redefinition of elimination to 'elimination as a public health problem', which means, in reality, the reduction of disease to very low levels. The formal definition of control (reduction of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality to a locally acceptable level as a result of deliberate efforts, and continued intervention measures are required to maintain the reduction [2]) recognizes that intervention programmes must be kept going [2],[3],[4]. The redefinition of 'control' to 'elimination as a public health problem' was presumably to develop a political impetus to a defined endpoint; and political impetus is essential for any concerted public health action.</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Indian Journal of Medical Research},
  volume = {145},
  pages = {1-3},
  publisher = {Scientific Scholar},
  issn = {0971-5916},
  doi = {10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2027_16},
  language = {ENG},
}