01501nas a2200301 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002300055653002100078653004200099653001800141653001100159653002300170653001200193653002500205653001300230653002500243653001600268653003000284100001200314245004700326856007600373300001100449490000700460050001500467520070300482022001401185 2006 d c2006 Mar 10 aAttitude to Health 10 aErythema Nodosum 10 aHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice 10 aHealth policy 10 aHumans 10 aLeprostatic Agents 10 aleprosy 10 aLeprosy, lepromatous 10 aSteroids 10 aTerminology as Topic 10 aThalidomide 10 aWorld Health Organization 1 aNaafs B 00 aTreatment of leprosy: science or politics? uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01561.x/pdf a268-78 0 v11 aNAAFS 2006 3 aOBJECTIVE: To review the history of the treatment of leprosy and leprosy reactions after World War II.
METHODS: Treatments based on experience and clinical evidence are compared with those advised by the WHO in their quest to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000, later extended to 2005.
RESULTS: Leprosy is not eliminated. Analyses of data on reaction treatment suggest that the treatment regimens for leprosy reactions as advised by the WHO may lead to more impairment among leprosy patients than the 'old' established regimes.
CONCLUSION: WHO policies to eliminate leprosy may have jeopardized the proper treatment of leprosy for years to come.
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