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ILEP Learning Guides
How to Diagnose and Treat Leprosy
This booklet is recommended for all health workers who diagnose and treat leprosy, especially those at the first referral level such as a health centre. It contains more detail than the WHO Guide to Eliminate Leprosy as a Public Health Problem. The Guide gives practical advice on how to diagnose leprosy and how to give the correct treatment, and basic information on how to recognise and manage leprosy reactions.
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How to Recognise and Manage
Leprosy Reactions
This guide is intended for all health workers who may have to manage the complications of leprosy. It contains practical advice on how to recognise leprosy reactions and give the correct treatment. Also included is advice on referral of reactions and specialist treatment.
How to do a Skin smear Examination
This guide consists of three detachable laminated A4 pages giving clear instructions as to how to carry out all the steps involved in taking a skin smear. It is a clearly presented and durable reference guide for use in the clinic or laboratory. It has been produced for health workers and laboratory staff with responsibility for taking and reading skin smears, as well as laboratory technicians who may be required to prepare the reagents.
How to Prevent Disability in Leprosy
This book is for all health workers who may have to help people who have nerve damage to their eyes, hands and feet. It will help them to encourage patients to develop a lifetime habit of caring for nerve-damaged parts. The content of this book complements the recommendations in the Operational Guidelines* of the World Health Organization.
Please note: This book is in three parts
*Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities 2006 - 2010 Operational Guidelines
ILEP Technical Guides
Facilitating the Integration Process
This book offers guidance to public health managers and decision-makers at national and regional level faced with the task of integrating leprosy services into the general health system. The guide systematically describes all the steps involved in the integration process, from situation analysis and the development of a plan of action, to implementation and evaluation.
It is founded on the experience of countries that have already gone through the integration process, and aims to help ensure that the lessons learned during these experiences are applied more widely.
Training in Leprosy
The ILEP Technical Guide "Training in Leprosy" aims to help in developing a framework for training, and is written for those who organise, support and run training activities. It examines how leprosy training can be organised and made more effective, covering topics such as the assessment of training needs, different types of training, selecting the most effective teaching and learning methods, encouraging best practice, and evaluation.
Guidelines for the Social and Economic
Rehabilitation of people affected by Leprosy
Social and economic rehabilitation is a unique task. The approach may not be duplicated between places or even from one person to another. These guidelines for social and economic rehabilitation have been formulated as a response to the complexities of the work.
The Interpretation of
Epidemiological Indicators in Leprosy
The main objectives of leprosy control programmes are usually to cure people with leprosy, to stop transmission of the disease and to prevent disabilities. It is essential to measure progress towards the achievement of these objectives. That is why indicators are used.
WHO/ILEP Technical guide on
CBR and leprosy
This technical guide describes the strategies and tasks of CBR as the appropriate response to the needs of individuals, families and communities affected by leprosy. It will prove a useful re-orientation and familiarization tool for managers, trainers and supervisors in leprosy control or rehabilitation programmes responsible for introducing and managing CBR. It may also be used by CBR managers to include people affected by leprosy in their programmes. It describes the broad objectives of CBR, the roles and tasks of programme managers, and the responsibilities of community workers who have daily contact with people affected by leprosy, their families and community members. The guide recommends approaches reported to be effective, but avoids prescribing these methods in all situations.
ILEP Techncial Bulletins
