01197nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653000900042653002500051653002700076653001200103100001500115245012700130856005800257300001100315490000700326520066800333022001401001       2014                            d10aPeru10aHealth public policy10aPrevention and control10aleprosy1 aBurstein Z00a[Critical appraisal about control programs and elimination of leprosy in Peru, and its consequences for Peru and America].  uhttp://www.scielosp.org/pdf/rpmesp/v31n2/a22v31n2.pdf  a336-420 v313 a<p>A critical analysis of health control measures that historically took place in Peru to the present which has led Peru to officially consider leprosy as an “eliminated” public health problem. We will also discuss the validity of the status given the neglect of health surveillance, disbanded specialized control entities, health medical staff forgetting to account for leprosy in early stages, the presence of undiagnosed smear-positive leprosy in Lima and the undeniable hidden prevalence, suggest that there is a danger to the country and the region that a re-emergence of leprosy will occur, if relevant and appropriate sanitary measures are not taken.</p>  a1726-4642