Ghana
ILEP Co-ordination
Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau is currently the ILEP National Co-ordinator for Ghana.
Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau
Via Borselli 4-6
I-40135 Bologna
ITALY
Tel: +39 (051) 439 3211
Fax:+39 (051) 434 046
info@aifo.it
Basic Statistics
| Year | Newly detected cases | No. of new cases MB (a) | No. of new female cases | No. of new cases among children (b) | No. of new cases with G2D (c) | Relapses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 180 | 140 | 55 | |||
| 2004 | 815 | 639 | 336 | 82 | 53 | |
| 2005 | 803 | 624 | 392 | 87 | 25 | |
| 2007 | 594 | 500 | 269 | 41 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 557 | 472 | 296 | 24 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 623 | 502 | 302 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
a MB = Multibacillary leprosy
b Children are cases of 0 - 14 years
c New G2D = WHO grade 2 disabilities among new cases
source data: WHO Weekly epidemiological records :No. 13, 2005, 80, 113-124 : No. 34, 2005, 80, 289-296 : No. 32, 2006, 81, 309-316 : No. 25, 2007, 82, 225-232 : No. 33, 2008, 83, 293-300, No. 33, 2009, 84, 333-340 : No. 35, 2010, 85, 337-348 : No.36, 2011, 86, 389-400.