01434nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653003300066653001600099653002100115653001800136653001100154653001200165653003000177100001800207700001300225700001600238245007600254856005000330300000900380490000700389050001400396520073200410022001401142       2007                            d  c2007 Mar10aBrazil10aCommunicable Disease Control10aDermatology10aEndemic Diseases10aHealth policy10aHumans10aleprosy10aWorld Health Organization1 aCosta Nery JA1 aLehman L1 aSchreuder P00aRole of dermatologists in leprosy elimination and post-elimination era.  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/78/1/04-142  a41-20 v78  aNERY 20073 a<p>Would it not have been better to have left out the word 'elimination' altogether in the question and do what WHO has done in its new strategic plan for 2006-2010, 'Global Strategy for further reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities'? Why not use a title such as 'The Role of Dermatologists in reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustainig Leprosy Control Activities'? Some elements of the 'foundation' of the elimination policy have been (and are still) very controversial, its definition and the unsubstantiated (up till now) claim that when reaching a prevalence rate of less than 1 per 10,000, the transmission of the infection would be interrupted and the incidence would therefore decline.</p>  a0305-7518