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China - Shandong - Current leprosy control work in the province still faces many challenges

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The province each new issue of 35 lepers

At 13:33 on October 26, 2013 Author: Li Gang Source: Qilu Evening News
1994, the province took the lead in the country to cities and counties as a unit to achieve the basic elimination of leprosy (prevalence <1/100 000), but the current leprosy control work in our province still faces many challenges. This time, the province led scientists discovered dapsone syndrome risk factors, prevention and treatment of leprosy will play a major positive role.
  
1994, the province took the lead in the country to cities and counties as a unit to achieve the basic elimination of leprosy (prevalence <1/100 000), but the current leprosy control work in our province still faces many challenges. The past five years, the province's annual emerging and existing disease cases were 35 cases and 200 cases, no significant changes in the epidemic.

New patients, a delay in diagnosis for an average of 3 years, 2 deformities accounted for more than 30%; refractory and recurrent cases of suspected drug-resistant cases reported increased; emerging new outbreaks in some areas, the floating population in cases of leprosy increasing year by year, prevention is becoming increasingly difficult. In addition, the province more than 10,000 existing cure leprosy survivors, of which more than 50% of the existence of different types of visible deformities.

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Newspaper reporter Li Gang
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