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01 Februari 2010 | 09:19 WIB | National
Leprosy 14 Province endemic
Jakarta, CyberNews. A total of 14 provinces in Indonesia is still a high leprosy endemic area. This was conveyed Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health Tjandra Yoga Aditama in Jakarta, Sunday (31 / 1).
Provincial high endemic chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae or province that new leprosy cases is more than a thousand cases per year had been in Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.
Tjandra said that the government keep trying to reduce the incidence of leprosy in accordance with the global strategy of the World Health Organization (World Health Organization / WHO) in 2010 -2015, which reduces the number of new patients with two-level defects or defects with malformed limbs in 2010 by 35 percent 2015.
Leprosy control efforts, he added, such is done by finding patients with active leprosy elimination campaigns, special leprosy elimination project in areas difficult geographical conditions, the search and treatment of lepers and the intensification of activities of hidden cases in the region invention with high leprosy cases.
National Leprosy Elimination Alliansi (Anek), a national partnership forum was established in order to build cooperation and a strong commitment to achieve the leprosy elimination target in all provinces and districts / cities in 2015.
(MIOL / CN16)
01 Februari 2010 | 09:19 WIB | National
Leprosy 14 Province endemic
Jakarta, CyberNews. A total of 14 provinces in Indonesia is still a high leprosy endemic area. This was conveyed Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health Ministry of Health Tjandra Yoga Aditama in Jakarta, Sunday (31 / 1).
Provincial high endemic chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae or province that new leprosy cases is more than a thousand cases per year had been in Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.
Tjandra said that the government keep trying to reduce the incidence of leprosy in accordance with the global strategy of the World Health Organization (World Health Organization / WHO) in 2010 -2015, which reduces the number of new patients with two-level defects or defects with malformed limbs in 2010 by 35 percent 2015.
Leprosy control efforts, he added, such is done by finding patients with active leprosy elimination campaigns, special leprosy elimination project in areas difficult geographical conditions, the search and treatment of lepers and the intensification of activities of hidden cases in the region invention with high leprosy cases.
National Leprosy Elimination Alliansi (Anek), a national partnership forum was established in order to build cooperation and a strong commitment to achieve the leprosy elimination target in all provinces and districts / cities in 2015.
(MIOL / CN16)