The Flying Doctor Service of East Africa and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) have been especially helpful in disseminating education along with associated primary and secondary health care to leprosy-affected regions of the Third World for over thirty years. Reconstructive surgery has helped leprosy victims both functionally and psychologically, reestablishing their courage and belief in the fact that this dreaded social stigma need not affect their ability to hold a job, maintain personal relationships and lead an otherwise normal life within the community.
BT - Revista de medicina de la Universidad de Navarra C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2489258?dopt=Abstract DA - 1989 Apr-Jun IS - 2 J2 - Rev Med Univ Navarra LA - eng N2 -The Flying Doctor Service of East Africa and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) have been especially helpful in disseminating education along with associated primary and secondary health care to leprosy-affected regions of the Third World for over thirty years. Reconstructive surgery has helped leprosy victims both functionally and psychologically, reestablishing their courage and belief in the fact that this dreaded social stigma need not affect their ability to hold a job, maintain personal relationships and lead an otherwise normal life within the community.
PY - 1989 SP - 81 EP - 7 T2 - Revista de medicina de la Universidad de Navarra TI - Leprosy treatment in Africa with the Flying Doctor Service of East Africa. VL - 33 SN - 0556-6177 ER -