Ukpe Idongesit Sunday
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, University of Pretoria, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.
Public Health Rep. 2008 Mar-Apr;123(2):217-21. doi: 10.1177/003335490812300215.
Leprosy is still occurring in the Republic of South Africa, but it has been eliminated as a public health problem. The country's leprosy care and control program is being provided as a primary health-care program within the general health-care services. Maintaining health workers' leprosy knowledge and awareness at the primary health-care level is one of the program's goals. In one of the country's rural areas, the availability of good-quality leprosy poster and leaflets at primary health-care facilities has been shown to contribute significantly to maintaining health workers' leprosy knowledge and awareness.
南非共和国仍有麻风病发生,但它已不再是一个公共卫生问题。该国的麻风病防治项目作为一般卫生服务中的一项初级卫生保健项目来提供。在初级卫生保健层面维持卫生工作者的麻风病知识和意识是该项目的目标之一。在该国的一个农村地区,初级卫生保健机构中高质量麻风病海报和传单的可获取性已被证明对维持卫生工作者的麻风病知识和意识有显著贡献。