01953nas a2200289   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653002400066653002100090653001100111653003300122653001200155653000900167653003700176653001500213653001000228100001600238700001600254245012300270856005100393300001100444490000700455050003200462520115500494022001401649       2004                            d  c2004 Jun10aFemale10aGovernment Programs10aHealth Promotion10aHumans10aInterinstitutional Relations10aleprosy10aMale10aOutcome Assessment (Health Care)10aPrevalence10aYemen1 aAl Samie AR1 aAl Qubati Y00aLeprosy control in the Republic of Yemen: co-operation between government and non-government organizations, 1989-2003.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/75/2/16-4170  a164-700 v75  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Although the prevalence rate of leprosy in the Republic of Yemen has dropped below the WHO elimination level of less than one case per 10,000 of the population, it is still regarded as a serious public health problem calling for continued vigilance, notably in the detection and treatment of hidden and undiagnosed cases. In the past, religious misinterpretation has generated adverse behaviour patterns towards people affected by leprosy, characterized by aggression, negligence and isolation. Until about 1982, following a visit of a leprologist (Dr S. K. Noordeen) from the World Health Organization, there was no leprosy control programme and attempts to establish one remained ineffective until in 1989, when an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Public Health and Population and the German Leprosy Relief Association. This led to the development of a leprosy control programme in four governorates, later extended to the rest of the country. This paper describes the progress made in the control of leprosy in the Yemen, 1989-2003, by the Ministry of Health and Population and the GLRA, in association with two local societies.</p>  a0305-7518