A Guide to leprosy control.
A Guide to leprosy control.
= Guide de la lutte antilèpreuse = Una guía para el control de la lepra
- 2nd ed.
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 1988.
- 121 p.
spa published by: Madrid : Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. 1990. Issued in Portuguese as: Publicação científica / Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde ; no. 436. 1983.
The second edition of a guide covering virtually every technical and managerial consideration involved in the planning and operation of a leprosy control programme. The book has been thoroughly revised in an effort to help managers and field workers meet the new challenges resulting from the use of multidrug therapy. Guidelines and advice, whether concerning the performance of a technical operation or the overall objectives of control, take their authority from the proven capacity of multidrug therapy to prevent or cure drug resistance in all patients. To encourage comprehension of principles as well as procedures, readers are first introduced to the global leprosy situation, including its historical evolution, the natural history of the disease and its epidemiological features, and the main reasons why a control strategy based on dapsone monotherapy is no longer recommended. The book then shows how the practical demands of multidrug therapy are reflected in revised procedures for case-finding and screening, diagnosis and classification, treatment, and patient care.
chi eng fre por(1ed) rus(1ed) spa.
WHODOC
9241542233
Leprosy--prevention and control.
WC 335
spa published by: Madrid : Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo. 1990. Issued in Portuguese as: Publicação científica / Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde ; no. 436. 1983.
The second edition of a guide covering virtually every technical and managerial consideration involved in the planning and operation of a leprosy control programme. The book has been thoroughly revised in an effort to help managers and field workers meet the new challenges resulting from the use of multidrug therapy. Guidelines and advice, whether concerning the performance of a technical operation or the overall objectives of control, take their authority from the proven capacity of multidrug therapy to prevent or cure drug resistance in all patients. To encourage comprehension of principles as well as procedures, readers are first introduced to the global leprosy situation, including its historical evolution, the natural history of the disease and its epidemiological features, and the main reasons why a control strategy based on dapsone monotherapy is no longer recommended. The book then shows how the practical demands of multidrug therapy are reflected in revised procedures for case-finding and screening, diagnosis and classification, treatment, and patient care.
chi eng fre por(1ed) rus(1ed) spa.
WHODOC
9241542233
Leprosy--prevention and control.
WC 335