Ecuador
ILEP Co-ordination
The Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe is currently the ILEP National Co-ordinator for Ecuador.
For more information regarding co-ordination please contact the head office:
Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe
PO Box 9062
D-97090 Würzburg
GERMANY
Tel no: +49 (931) 79480
E-mail: info@dahw.de
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 | 145 | 82 | 80 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 116 | 73 | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2006 | 95 | 64 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 107 | 75 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 83 | 50 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 2009 | 81 | 59 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 2010 | 134 | 61 | 59 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
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.