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WHO Global Leprosy Strategy Agreed for 2011-2015
Posted on 1 June 2009 by
“Reduction of the rate of new cases with grade-two disabilities per 100 000 population by at least 35% by the end of 2015, compared to the baseline at the beginning of 2011” is the new global target for leprosy.
Another enhancement agreed by delegates who attended WHO’s Global Leprosy Managers’ Meeting on Leprosy Control Strategy at the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, 20th – 22nd April 2009, is to examine all household contacts of newly detected cases.
Click on the following link to read WHO SEARO’s web release highlighting the key enhancements to the global leprosy strategy for the period 2011-2015: http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section980_14897.htm
Click on the following link to read WHO SEARO's press release on the new global leprosy strategy.
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