TY - JOUR KW - Drug Therapy, Combination KW - Health Planning KW - Health Promotion KW - Health Services KW - Health Services Administration KW - Humans KW - Leprostatic Agents KW - leprosy KW - Nurses, Male KW - Referral and Consultation KW - Reproducibility of Results KW - Senegal AU - Sylla P M AB -

The survey on the integration of leprosy control in Senegal with the general health services has shown that the level of integration varies according to the services offered. Both strong and weak points have been detected and it is therefore advisable to reinforce the findings that are positive and to seek solutions to the problems. 82.1% of the male nurses in charge of health center included in the survey have already had to refer suspected cases of leprosy to the Leprosy Specialist for confirmation. In 85.7% of the cases, it is the Nurses-Persons in Charge who administer the supervised dose of multidrug therapy. The external validity of this study is problematic; nevertheless, these results could still draw the attention of administrators, decision-makers, and other persons of influence to the problems that could curb the integration of leprosy control with the general health services.

BT - Acta leprologica C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7631582?dopt=Abstract DA - 1995 IS - 3 J2 - Acta Leprol LA - fre N2 -

The survey on the integration of leprosy control in Senegal with the general health services has shown that the level of integration varies according to the services offered. Both strong and weak points have been detected and it is therefore advisable to reinforce the findings that are positive and to seek solutions to the problems. 82.1% of the male nurses in charge of health center included in the survey have already had to refer suspected cases of leprosy to the Leprosy Specialist for confirmation. In 85.7% of the cases, it is the Nurses-Persons in Charge who administer the supervised dose of multidrug therapy. The external validity of this study is problematic; nevertheless, these results could still draw the attention of administrators, decision-makers, and other persons of influence to the problems that could curb the integration of leprosy control with the general health services.

PY - 1995 SP - 117 EP - 25 T2 - Acta leprologica TI - [Status of the integration of the antileprosy campaign in the general health services in Senegal]. VL - 9 SN - 0001-5938 ER -