TY - SER
KW - Opthalmology
KW - leprosy
KW - Lagophthalmos
KW - Eye disease
KW - Eye complications
KW - Blindness
AB - Leprosy is a disease which is still endemic in most developing countries and also continues to be a significant cause of blindness in many communities. In 2009, 244,796 new patients with leprosy from 141 countries were detected worldwide.
The number of new leprosy patients is slowly decreasing. Over the past twenty years, more than 14 million patients have been 'released from treatment' (RFT) for leprosy but it is estimated that between one and two million people currently have severe disabilities, including blindness, due to past and present leprosy.
As the number of leprosy patients decreases, it becomes more difficult to ensure health workers have sufficient knowledge about this disease. This teaching set provides a practical tool for teaching health workers how to recognise and refer leprosy patients with eye disease.
It also sets out the measures necessary for the treatment of eye disease in leprosy.
C2 - UK
C6 - Download free full text from the ICEH website.
C7 - Margreet Hogeweg
CY - London
ET - 3rd ed.
LA - eng
N1 - A practical tool for teaching health workers how to recognise and refer leprosy patients with eye disease. It also sets out the measures necessary for the treatment of eye disease in leprosy.

N2 - Leprosy is a disease which is still endemic in most developing countries and also continues to be a significant cause of blindness in many communities. In 2009, 244,796 new patients with leprosy from 141 countries were detected worldwide.
The number of new leprosy patients is slowly decreasing. Over the past twenty years, more than 14 million patients have been 'released from treatment' (RFT) for leprosy but it is estimated that between one and two million people currently have severe disabilities, including blindness, due to past and present leprosy.
As the number of leprosy patients decreases, it becomes more difficult to ensure health workers have sufficient knowledge about this disease. This teaching set provides a practical tool for teaching health workers how to recognise and refer leprosy patients with eye disease.
It also sets out the measures necessary for the treatment of eye disease in leprosy.
PB - ICEH
PP - London
PY - 2010
EP - 42 p.
TI - Leprosy and the eye: teaching set
UR - http://www.cehjournal.org/files/tsno9/ts09.pdf
ER -