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
2004 32 32 9 4 5
2005 42 42 10 5 8
2006 38 36 13 6 12
2007 66 63 36 9 18 3

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.  

Note

Note

The Leprosy Mission Southern Africa has compiled a database of about 10 000 former and present people affected by leprosy in South Africa. Although this is still a work in progress, the bulk of the data capturing was completed early in 2009. This project has brought together information that had previously been scattered through the country in paper format, and collected in different ways and different formats over the years by the South African government hospitals and TLM South Africa’s regional programmes. This database will help to improve the management of individual patients for it indicates where patients are and their needs, including details about levels of any impairment. In addition, the data will be useful for analysing leprosy trends.