Other useful publications
Consensus Statement on Prevention of Disability
This Statement is the outcome of a Consensus Development Conference on the Prevention of Disability (POD), co-sponsored by American Leprosy Missions (ALM), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP), and held at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines, from September 13th-16th, 2006. Participants (from about 30 countries) included WHO staff, national programme managers and a wide range of therapists and practitioners.
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Déclaration de consensus sur la prévention d'invalidité
Declaração de Consenso sobre Prevenção de Incapadidades
Delayed Presentation in Leprosy:
How to Identify the Causes
A guide to fieldwork.
This guide to fieldwork identifies basic fieldwork methods to investigate the reasons why people affected by leprosy delay in presentation and start of treatment. The book describes the actions needed to prepare and supervise fieldwork, to analyse data and to prepare recommendations. In each chapter background information is provided and recommended actions are identified. Keeping in mind the needs of those whose first language is not English the wording is as simple as possible. At the end of the booklet are a series of Annexes providing more detail.
Diagnosis of Leprosy
by Salvatore Noto and Pieter A M Schreuder
This Leprosy Mailing List distance learning guide offers concise practical advice on how to diagnose leprosy.
Diagnosis of Leprosy (Text) (144KB)
Diagnosis of Leprosy Introduction (Slides) (711KB)
Diagnosis of Leprosy: The First Cardinal Signs of Leprosy (Slides) (304KB)
Diagnosis of Leprosy: The Second Cardinal Signs of Leprosy (Slides) (797KB)
Diagnosis of Leprosy: The Third Cardinal Signs of Leprosy (Slides) (518KB)
Diagnosis and the Clinical Spectrum of Leprosy (Slides) (457KB)
Don't Treat Me Like I Have Leprosy
by Tom Frist
This highly readable book looks at the progress that has been made in the battle against leprosy, and outlines both the challenges and the way ahead in the fight for social and economic integration. It will be of value not only to those wishing to look at leprosy from a non-medical viewpoint, but to those working with other stigmatising conditions who would like to share the experience of others in fighting social isolation.
Essential Action to Minimise Disability in Leprosy Patients
by Jean Watson
This booklet summarises the main 'action' sections from the manual Preventing Disability in Leprosy Patients available from The Leprosy Mission.
Please note: This booklet is in three sections.
Leprosy in Africans
by W.K Jacyk MD
A pictorial documentation based on photographs selected and annotated.
Leprosy in Africans was originally published in 1986. The examples of leprosy shown were classified according to the Ridley Jopling classification of clinical forms. This edition has been modified to use the current WHO classification of paucibacilliary (PB) or multibacilliary (MB). PB is defined as leprosy with up to five anaesthetic skin patches and MB as more than five anaesthetic skin patches or any case with a positive slit skin smear.
Surgical Reconstruction
and Rehabilitation in Leprosy
by Richard Schwarz and Wim Brandsma
Please note: This booklet is in six sections.
A New Atlas of Leprosy
by A. Colin McDougall & Yo Yuasa
A pictorial manual to assist frontline health workers and volunteers in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of clinical leprosy.
Download : Part 1 (340kb)
Download : Part 2 (343kb)
Download: Part 3 (3.6MB)
Guia de Prevenção de Alterações Oculares em Hanseníase
Hannelore Vieth, Selma Axcar Salotti, Sérgio Passerotti
A Situação e o grau de atenção dada aos problemas oculares nas pessoas acometidos pela hanseníase mudou muito desde que foi lançada a primeira edição do Guia de Prevenção de Problemas Oculares. Em 1991 eram raros os serviços de controle da hanseníase que examinavam rotineiramente a situação ocular dos pacientes. Hoje, 8 anos depois, este exame à parte integrante de todas as ações de prevenção de incapacidades, tanto no diagnóstico, como no acompanhamento durante o tratamento, na alta e nos casos de reações após alta, conforme recomendado pelo MS. Esta edição revisada traz poucas alterações, já que o manuseio fácil e as explicações claras se mostraram bastante eficazes nos 8 anos de uso em todo país.
Download (2.09MB) (Edition 2009, Portuguese)
If you would like to receive a copy on CD-ROM, please contact: ilep@ilep.org.uk
Para Uma Vida Melhor: Vamos Fazer Exercícos!
Linda Faye Lehman, Maria Beatriz Penna Orsini, Priscila Leiko Fuzikawa, Ronise Costa Lima, Soraya Diniz Gonçalves
A segunda edição de “Para uma vida melhor – Vamos fazer exercíos!” vem para atender à demanda da existência de um manual que reunisse os exercícios básicos mais utilizados para fortalecer os músculos fracos e evitar ou corrigir deformidades resultantes do dano neural na hanseníase. Está escrito em linguagem simple, que os próprios pacientes podem entender, e apresenta ilustrações que facilitam o entendimento de como executar os exercíos.
Download (2.59MB) (Edition 2009, Portuguese)
If you would like to receive a copy on CD-ROM, please contact the ILEP Secretariat: ilep@ilep.org.uk
Avaliação Neurológica Simplificada
Linda Faye Lehman, Maria Beatriz Penna Orsini, Priscila Leiko Fuzikawa, Ronise Costa Lima, Soraya Diniz Gonçalves
A segunda edição deste livro atualizou o exame neurologico simplificado utilizado na hanseníase bem como informações sobre as conseqüências da dano neural. Ele inclui procedimentos mínimos para a availiação da face, membors superiores e membros inferiores. A realização sistemática desse exame possibilita o monitoramento da função neural e a detecção precoce de lesão neural que são de extrema importância para se evitar as incapacidades resultantes da hanseníase.
Download (2.53MB) (Ediition 2009, Portuguese)
If you would like to receive a copy on CD-ROM, please contact the ILEP Secretariat: ilep@ilep.org.uk
Top Downloads
WHO Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities
(2006-2010)
WHO Operational Guidelines for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden
(2006-2010)
WHO Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden Due to Leprosy
(2011-2015)
WHO Operational Guidelines for the Enhanced Global Strategy (2011-2015)