ILEP Co-ordination

ILEP Co-ordination

There is currently no ILEP National Co-ordinators for Kiribati.



Basic Statistics

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
2004 64 16 24 29
2005 34 11 39 11
2006 41 18 20 20
2007 63 31 22 24    
2008 42 28 18 18    
2009 96 46 39 33
2010 182 54 83 58 2  

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.