Zambia
ILEP Co-ordination
NLR is currently the ILEP National Co-ordinator for Zambia.
Netherlands Leprosy Relief
Postbus 95005
NL-1090 HA
Amsterdam
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 (20) 5950500
E-mail: info@leprastichting.nl
| 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 | 314 | 204 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 2006 | 192 | 153 | 37 | |||
| 2008 | 316 | 237 | 141 | 28 | 26 | 52 |
| 2009 | 446 | 335 | 87 | 68 | 23 | 41 |
| 2010 | 374 | 280 | ||||
| 2011 | 376 | 327 | 83 | 12 | 25 | 19 |
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 : No. 34, 2012, 87, 317-328.
Report on leprosy in the Republic of Zambia made in October 2010
This Report of Leprosy Elimination Monitoring and Rapid Assessment of Programme in Lusaka, Central, Northern and Western Provinces was finished in October 2010: download.
Article
Leprosy Trends in Zambia 1991-2009
N Kapata, P Chanda-Kapata, M P Grobusch, J O-Grady, M Bates, P Mwaba and A Zumla
Tropical Medicine and International Health, 29th July 2012 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012
Objective: To document leprosy trends in Zambia over the past two decades to ascertain the importance of leprosy as a health problem in Zambia.