|
Leprosy Control
Programme 1994 - 2002
The number of patients on treatment decreased from 127 to
113. 110 were on MDT and the 3 on monotherapy were
not resident in the country. Prevalence rate at year-end 1994 was 1.88 and
0.49 per 10,000 population by October 2002.
There were 57 new cases, same level as 5 years ago, 2 were
children. Among new cases Lepromatous rate was 60%
and deformity rate 30%.
In the forecast showing elimination as a public health
problem, by the year 2000 the estimated caseload by 1994 is 108 whereas the
actual figure was 113. Elimination will be achieved when the caseload drops
to 60 cases for the population of 600,000.
Leprosy Data
|
Type of
Patient
|
Year
|
|
1994
|
1995
|
|
No. of new patients at the beginning of the year
|
127
|
35
|
|
No. of new cases detected
|
57
|
3
|
|
No. of relapse
|
1
|
-
|
|
Transferred in etc.
|
12
|
-
|
|
Regain to control
|
2
|
-
|
|
No. of deaths
|
4
|
-
|
|
Released from treatment
|
31
|
3
|
|
Lost of control
|
5
|
1
|
|
Transferred out etc.
|
16
|
1
|
|
No. of patients at the end of the year
|
113
|
33
|
|
