Nery José Augusto da Costa, Lehman Linda F, Schreuder Pieter A M
NLR Brasil, Av. Marechal Câmara No. 350, Sala 1002, Centro, Rio de Janeiro-R.J. CEP: 20.020-080, Brasil.
Lepr Rev. 2007 Mar;78(1):41-2.
Would it not have been better to have left out the word 'elimination' altogether in the question and do what WHO has done in its new strategic plan for 2006-2010, 'Global Strategy for further reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities'? Why not use a title such as 'The Role of Dermatologists in reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustainig Leprosy Control Activities'? Some elements of the 'foundation' of the elimination policy have been (and are still) very controversial, its definition and the unsubstantiated (up till now) claim that when reaching a prevalence rate of less than 1 per 10,000, the transmission of the infection would be interrupted and the incidence would therefore decline.
在问题中完全省略“消除”一词，像世界卫生组织在其2006 - 2010年新战略计划《进一步减轻麻风病负担和持续开展麻风病防治活动全球战略》中所做的那样，会不会更好呢？为什么不使用诸如《皮肤科医生在减轻麻风病负担和持续开展麻风病防治活动中的作用》这样的标题呢？消除政策“基础”的一些要素一直（并且仍然）极具争议，其定义以及（截至目前）未经证实的说法，即当患病率降至每万人低于1例时，感染传播将会中断，发病率也会随之下降。
