Leprosy
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SUMMARY — Seventy-one Burmese adult patients with lepromatous leprosy were
treated with various regimens of rifampicin monotherapy, 450 mg. daily for 60
days or 900 mg. once weekly for 12 weeks or 450 mg. daily for six months. Of the
patients, 18 had relapsed after stopping DDS therapy, 20 were intolerant of DDS, 18
were DDS resistant and 15 had received no previous treatment.
Rifampicin produced a 75% reduction in the size of skin nodules in two thirds
of the patients and a complete disappearance of nodules in the others. After one month
drug treatment the MI fell to zero but the BI remained unchanged. The once weekly
regimen was as effective as the daily treatment. Four patients had to be withdrawn
due to ENL reactions.
NOTE:The contents of this paper were presented at the Burma Medical Conference, 1977.
TIN SHWE, KYAW LWIN, KYO THWE
Source/publisher:
Hansen. Int
Date of publication:
1978-03-00
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2010-11-02
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Leprosy, History of health care in Burma
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eprosy has been a major public health problem in
Myanmar for many years. By the 1950s, Myanmar
ranked as a country with one of the highest
prevalence rates of the disease. The Government of Union
of Myanmar had been fighting against the disease with
the expertise and advice of the World Health Organization
(WHO) and INGOs. WHO has closely supported the leprosy
programme in Myanmar from the 1960s through several
projects, as well as research to develop better preventive
and curative methods against leprosy.
WHO MDT was introduced in Myanmar in 1986. The
leprosy prevalence at that time was 59.3 per 10,000
population with 222,209 registered leprosy cases in the
country. Nationwide MDT Programme started in hyperendemic
areas in 1988. The prevalence rate was 39.9 per
10,000 with 155,857 registered cases.
Source/publisher:
World Health Organization, SEARO
Date of publication:
2006-00-00
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2010-11-02
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Leprosy
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Leprosy has been endemic in Myanmar since
ancient times. The earliest information on the
prevalence of leprosy in Myanmar came from a
report by the Leprosy Commission in India
published in 1893. During the census in 1891,
6464 cases or 8.4 per 10000 population were
recorded in a population of 7.5 million. But the
illness was diagnosed by enumerators without the
knowledge of leprosy.
Several surveys have been carried out
since 1932 (Tha Saing-Santra) which indicated
high prevalence in various parts of the country
Dr. U Kyaw Lwin, M.B., B.S.(Rgn)D, .P.H.(Canada)
Source/publisher:
MJCMP
Date of publication:
2000-00-00
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2010-11-02
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Leprosy
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Information about Leprosy including map of leprosy Myanmar Prevalence Rate/10,000 December 2005.
Source/publisher:
World Health Organization, SEARO
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2010-11-02
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?PEOPLE are afraid of us; when I go into town they give me a dirty look,” says U Mg Mg Khin, 73, a leprosy patient at the Mayanchaung Welfare Centre, Halegu township, in Yangon Division. ?I have to hide my hands and legs whenever I go into town.”
The centre, which is about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Yangon and located close to the Yangon-Naypyitaw highway, operates under the Department of Social Welfare and currently houses 56 former leprosy patients.
Nilar Win
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Times
Date of publication:
2010-08-22
Date of entry/update:
2010-11-02
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Leprosy
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Leprosy patients are humans with eyes seeing others smiling and laughing, with ears hearing jokes and laughter, and with faces that could smile and laugh, but who never laugh or smile once they have acquired the disease. Now with multi-drug therapy, they are smiling and laughing like others.
Excerpts from ?Thitsar Yaysin [Holy Truths]" by Chit San Win#
* Introduction
Leprosy is a disease recognized globally as a dreadful illness associated with the great social, mental, and physical suffering. In ancient days, people knew leprosy as ?Kushtha” as it was termed in Sanskrit. The disease is supposed to be originated in India and spread around the world over 2 500 years ago.
Than Sein, KYAW LWIN
Source/publisher:
Regional Health Forum WHO South-East Asia Region(Volume 7,Number 1)
Date of publication:
2003-00-00
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2010-11-02
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Introduction: 1.1 Leprosy
1.2 History of leprosy
1.3 Stigma of leprosy
1.4 Health education
1.5 The global situation
1.6 Global strategy for the elimination of leprosy
1.7 Global strategy beyond the elimination phase
1.8 Leprosy in Singapore, Chapter 2 Review of Literature: 2.1 Community knowledge of leprosy
2.2 Beliefs and misconceptions about leprosy
2.3 Community attitudes towards leprosy
2.4 Measuring leprosy stigma
2.5 Community health practices
2.6 Effectiveness of interventions targeting knowledge and attitudes
2.7 Concluding remarks
2.8 Rationale for the study
2.9 Objectives, Chapter 3 Methodology: 3.1 Study design
3.2 Place of study
3.3 Study population
3.4 Sampling
3.5 Data collection
3.6 Interviewers
3.7 Pilot study
3.8 Data processing and analysis
3.9 Study variables
3.10 Minimizing errors
3.11 Ethical issues, Chapter 4 Results: 4.1 Descriptive Analysis
4.1.1 Socio-demographic variables
4.1.2 General information
4.1.3 Knowledge of leprosy
4.1.4 Misconceptions regarding leprosy
4.1.5 Attitudes towards leprosy patients
4.2 Statistical Analysis for Associations
4.2.1 Knowledge of leprosy by socio-demographic variables
4.2.2 Beliefs regarding leprosy by socio-demographic variables
4.2.3 Overall knowledge scores
4.2.4 Beliefs regarding the cause of leprosy by socio-demographic
variables
4.2.5 Attitudes towards persons affected by leprosy
4.2.6 Overall attitudes scores
4.2.7 Median attitude scores
4.2.8 Relationship between overall knowledge, age, education and
accommodation of the respondents with attitude score
4.2.9 Stigmatising attitudes towards leprosy.4.3. Stratified Analysis
4.3.1 Stratified analysis by age group
4.4. Multiple Regression Analysis, Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusions: 5.1 Main findings
5.2 Limitations of the present study
5.3 Interpretation of findings
5.4 Conclusions
5.5 Recommendations, Chapter 6 References
Appendices: Annexe I Questionnaire, Annexe II Operational definitions
PADMINI SUBRAMANIAM, MBBS.
Source/publisher:
Department of Community, Occupational & Family Medicine National University of Singapore
Date of publication:
2003-00-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-11-02
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Leprosy, Online health resources
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