01288nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653003100054653001500085653001200100653001000112653001000122653001200132653001000144653001500154100001300169700001400182245007500196856005200271300001400323490000700337050001600344520067400360       2012                            d10aRelapse10aQuality of data collection10aMozambique10aleprosy10aIndia10aGhana10aComoros10aChina10aBangladesh1 aDeepak S1 aGazzoli G00aA multi-centre study on quality of routine data collection on relapses  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/83/4/34-03343  a340–3430 v83  aDEEPAK 20123 a<p>Summary Objectives: To assess the quality of routine data collection on relapses in leprosy programmes in six countries. Design: Through a questionnaire for project managers. Results: The number of reported relapse cases did not correlate with number of new cases in the individual projects. Even where available, skin smears were not always used for diagnosis of MB cases and relapses. The diagnosis of relapses in the participating projects was exclusively on clinical basis – in 91.8% on the basis of new lesions. Conclusion: Criteria for identification of relapses were not known or not applied in uniform manner in the projects involved in the research.</p>