TY - JOUR
KW - Delivery of Health Care
KW - Economics, Medical
KW - Female
KW - Guyana
KW - Hospitals, Special
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
AU - McDougall A C
AU - Rose P
AB - <p>Guyana instituted a "find and treat" leprosy program in 1971 that made use of existing out-patient facilities and staff. The program, based on an integrated domiciliary approach to diagnosis, treatment, and examination of contacts, has proved successful. This article describes development of the program and discusses the prospects for control and eventual eradication of leprosy in Guyana.</p>
BT - Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/667404?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1978
IS - 1
J2 - Bull Pan Am Health Organ
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Guyana instituted a "find and treat" leprosy program in 1971 that made use of existing out-patient facilities and staff. The program, based on an integrated domiciliary approach to diagnosis, treatment, and examination of contacts, has proved successful. This article describes development of the program and discusses the prospects for control and eventual eradication of leprosy in Guyana.</p>
PY - 1978
SP - 11
EP - 6
T2 - Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization
TI - Integrated leprosy control in Guyana.
UR - http://iris.paho.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/27594
VL - 12
SN - 0085-4638
ER -