login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
'Senegalese Centre': Strong Witness to Africa's Will to Wipe Out Leprosy
"We discovered his disease the moment he started school," says the mother of eight-year-old Cheikh. She spoke at Dakar's leprosy centre on the fringes of the capital's Fann hospital and university complex, ahead of World Leprosy Day on Sunday.
Tucked away in a corner, the facility is serviced by 20 doctors who diligently attend to the patients, some of whom are still shunned by society.
"Cheikh has been following polychemotherapy for 12 months. This treatment involves three antibiotics," says his doctor, Omar Sane, adding that this helped to contain the spread of the bacillus.
His young patient no longer attends school.
According to official reports in 2008 from 118 countries and territories, the global registered prevalence of leprosy at the start of last year stood at 212,802 cases, according to the UN World Health Organisation (WHO).
"Of the 118 countries or territories that reported in 2007, 65 countries reported 0 cases to less than 100 new cases annually," the WHO said in its latest leprosy report.
The number of new cases detected during 2007 was 254,525, a four percent decrease from the previous year. There were 282 fresh cases in Senegal in 2007.
But despite global efforts, more than one person in 10,000 has leprosy in Brazil, the Central African Republic, India, Madagascar, Nepal and Tanzania.
|
|
|
More News on: Leprosy
 Comment & Contribute
|
|
edi56(Guest)
12/25/2009
I a Tanzanian lady dedicated to bring awareness and help the people affected with Hansen disease. please send me any information you have that can help me with the work we are doing.
Reply |
Forward
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 |
Leprosy
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Research: Bright Colored Chips can Cut Consumption by Half |
| » | Olympic Athlete's Body Via the 80-10-10 Raw Vegan Diet |
| » | Importance of Canned Foods To Help Tackle IOM Weight Of The Nation Recommendations, Highlights Study |
| » | US Rules Pomegranate Juice Claims Deceptive |
| » | Reducing Entrée Size Could Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children |
| More Diet News | |
|
