Leprosy in the era of integration

Leprosy: Before And After Elimination From Nepal

“…However, the numbers of leprosy patients presenting to dermatologists in both private practice and teaching hospitals has been increasing in the post elimination phase. [5][6][7] Looking at these figures we can see that there is a tendency to have increased number of cases in post elimination phase as various national and international organizations including WHO were very active in the pre elimination phase looking after the leprosy issue, but are not vigilant as the disease is considered not to be a serious problem anymore and NGOs and INGOs working against leprosy during pre elimination phase have started winding up in the post elimination phase.…”