Resources
Documents
Manual of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme in Tanzania, 5th Edition, 2006
Ministry of Health Review of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme, 2008
WHO/AFRO/Leprosy Elimination Programme: Strategy to Maintain the Quality of Leprosy Services When Cases Become Rare
Abstracts
ILA African Congress, Johannesburg, 31st January – 3rd February 2005, Symposium on reaching the unreached
International Journal of Leprosy, 2005, Vol 73, No 2, 151-152
http://www.leprosy-ila.org/leprosyjournal/pdf/73/i1544-581X-73-2.pdf
ILA African Congress, Johannesburg, 31st January – 3rd February 2005, Symposium on prevention of blindness in leprosy in Africa
International Journal of Leprosy, 2005, Vol 73, No 2, 158-161
http://www.leprosy-ila.org/leprosyjournal/pdf/73/i1544-581X-73-2.pdf
Presentations made during the Africa Congress of the International Leprosy Association of 2005 can be accessed through the AIFO website such as:
- Rehabilitation surgery training programme in Tanzania;
- Prevention of blindness in leprosy in Africa
- Reaching the unreached – the uneven distribution of leprosy cases in Tanzania; and
- Projet d’intensification de l’élimination de la lèpre dans le Tanganika.
http://www.aifo.it/english/resources/online/books/leprosy/ila-africa05/ila.htm
Articles
Survival of HIV-positive and HIV-negative leprosy patients in Mwanza, Tanzania
Jacques van den Broek
International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Mar 1998
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3754/is_199803/ai_n8802442/print?tag=artBody;col1
Association between leprosy and HIV infection in Tanzania
Jacques van de Broek, H J Chum, R Swai, R J O’Brien
International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Jun 1997
Evaluation of a sustained 7-year health education campaign on leprosy in Rufiji District, Tanzania
Jacques van den Broek, J O’Donoghue, A Ishengoma, H Masao, M Mbega
Lepr Rev 69 (1), 57-74
http://www.lepra.org.uk/lr/Mar98/contents.html
Structure and performance of infectious disease resistance and response in the United Republic of Tanzania
http://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/v80n3/v80n3a05.pdf
Resources
ILEP teaching and learning materials and technical bulletins in English:
http://www.ilep.org.uk/library-resources/ilep-publications/
Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (Plan period 2006 – 2010)
http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/gstrat130605.pdf
Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006 – 2010):Operational Guidelines
http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/opguid130706.pdf
I Can Do It Myself: Tips for People Affected by Leprosy Who Want to Prevent Disability
http://www.ilep.org.uk/fileadmin/uploads/Documents/WHO_Publications/whoselfcareeng.pdf
Leprosy in Africans by W C Jacyk
http://www.ilep.org.uk/library-resources/other-useful-publications/