TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Communicable Disease Control
KW - Community Health Centers
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Nigeria
KW - Population Surveillance
KW - Prevalence
KW - Treatment Outcome
AU - Ebenso B E
AU - Tureta S M
AU - Udo S O
AB - <p>A Leprosy Elimination Campaign (LEC) was implemented in 37 districts of Sokoto and Zamfara states, Nigeria from 13 August to 30 November 1998. The campaign utilized intensive community mobilization and training of local health personnel to detect hidden leprosy cases. During 8 weeks of case finding, 160,127 persons were screened; 353 new cases of leprosy were detected and placed on MDT; 236 (67%) of new cases detected were classified as MB, 64 cases (18%) suffered visible deformities and 24 patients (6.8%) were children. Follow-up in December 1999 of patients placed on MDT revealed 97% PB and 96% MB cure rates, respectively. Detection of cases in communities led some community leaders to ask for repeat surveys in their communities. Repeat surveys continue to yield new cases. The authors recommend that LECs be maintained for 3 years to accelerate leprosy elimination in the region. The cost effectiveness and impact of LEC in Sokoto-Zamfara are discussed.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11495450?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 2001 Jun
DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.20010025
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>A Leprosy Elimination Campaign (LEC) was implemented in 37 districts of Sokoto and Zamfara states, Nigeria from 13 August to 30 November 1998. The campaign utilized intensive community mobilization and training of local health personnel to detect hidden leprosy cases. During 8 weeks of case finding, 160,127 persons were screened; 353 new cases of leprosy were detected and placed on MDT; 236 (67%) of new cases detected were classified as MB, 64 cases (18%) suffered visible deformities and 24 patients (6.8%) were children. Follow-up in December 1999 of patients placed on MDT revealed 97% PB and 96% MB cure rates, respectively. Detection of cases in communities led some community leaders to ask for repeat surveys in their communities. Repeat surveys continue to yield new cases. The authors recommend that LECs be maintained for 3 years to accelerate leprosy elimination in the region. The cost effectiveness and impact of LEC in Sokoto-Zamfara are discussed.</p>
PY - 2001
SP - 192
EP - 8
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Treatment outcome and impact of leprosy elimination campaign in Sokoto and Zamfara states, Nigeria.
UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/2001/v72n2/pdf/v72n2a09.pdf
VL - 72
SN - 0305-7518
ER -