01134nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100002000054700001200074700001100086700001200097245007800109856008400187300001000271490000700281520065000288022001400938       2022                            d  c02/20221 aWarusavithana S1 aOsman M1 aAtta H1 aHutin Y00aUnited for dignity: four strategic shifts to get to zero leprosy by 2030.  uhttps://applications.emro.who.int/EMHJ/V28/02/1020-3397-2022-2802-93-94-eng.pdf  a93-940 v283 a<p>Leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is a curable infectious disease caused by the bacillus M. leprae. In 1991, the World Health Assembly WHA44.9 set the goal for "elimination of leprosy as a public health problem" as less than one case on treatment per 10 000 population by 2000. Since then, global leprosy strategies have focused on reducing the prevalence of the disease at country level and reducing transmission. Early detection and prompt treatment with multidrug therapy, the keystone for leprosy control, led to the achievement of this goal at global level by 2000, and in almost all countries, at least at the national level, by 2015.</p>
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