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Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010

In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) committed to reducing the prevalence of leprosy to below 1 in 10,000 inhabitants by 2000. Significant improvements in leprosy control have occurred, but leprosy remains a public health problem in many countries due to its high incidence and rate of transm...

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Main Authors:	Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes, Penna, Gerson Oliveira
Format:	Artigo
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2017
Subjects:	Hanseníase Epidemiologia Controle de doenças Saúde mundial
Online Access:	http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/28306 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000900002
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spelling	ir-10482-283062021-06-01T17:27:51Z Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010 Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna, Gerson Oliveira Hanseníase Epidemiologia Controle de doenças Saúde mundial In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) committed to reducing the prevalence of leprosy to below 1 in 10,000 inhabitants by 2000. Significant improvements in leprosy control have occurred, but leprosy remains a public health problem in many countries due to its high incidence and rate of transmission. This paper reviews data published by the WHO in the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. These data sets included 148 countries or territories that reported to the WHO at least once. Only four countries reported higher prevalence rates in 2010 than in 2000 and eight reported higher case detection rate (CDR) in 2009 than in 1999. Prevalence rate reductions were greater for the first five-year period examined, while CDR reductions were greater in the second five-year period. Thirty-six countries and territories reported at least one prevalence value higher than 1 per 10,000 inhabitants and 32 reported at least one CDR value higher than 9 per 100,000 inhabitants. A total of 39 countries fit at least one of these criteria and all were located in tropical regions. 2017-12-07T04:58:14Z 2017-12-07T04:58:14Z 2012-12 Artigo PENNA, Maria Lúcia Fernandes; PENNA, Gerson Oliveira. Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, v. 107, supl. 1, p. 3-12, dez. 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000900002. Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000900002. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2021. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/28306 https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0074-02762012000900002 en Acesso Aberto Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC). Fonte: https://www.scielo.br/j/mioc/a/9k4Sk3gJFfdPwhGTyKBJ4VM/?lang=en#. Acesso em: 19 mar. 2021. application/pdf Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
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description	In 1991, the World Health Organization (WHO) committed to reducing the prevalence of leprosy to below 1 in 10,000 inhabitants by 2000. Significant improvements in leprosy control have occurred, but leprosy remains a public health problem in many countries due to its high incidence and rate of transmission. This paper reviews data published by the WHO in the years 2000, 2005 and 2010. These data sets included 148 countries or territories that reported to the WHO at least once. Only four countries reported higher prevalence rates in 2010 than in 2000 and eight reported higher case detection rate (CDR) in 2009 than in 1999. Prevalence rate reductions were greater for the first five-year period examined, while CDR reductions were greater in the second five-year period. Thirty-six countries and territories reported at least one prevalence value higher than 1 per 10,000 inhabitants and 32 reported at least one CDR value higher than 9 per 100,000 inhabitants. A total of 39 countries fit at least one of these criteria and all were located in tropical regions.
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author	Penna, Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna, Gerson Oliveira
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title	Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
title_short	Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
title_full	Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
title_fullStr	Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
title_full_unstemmed	Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010
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publisher	Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
publishDate	2017
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Leprosy frequency in the world, 1999-2010

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