Travel Med Infect Dis. 2014 Nov-Dec;12(6 Pt B):771-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.002.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has a sentinel surveillance system on leprosy for effective monitoring of the disease.
A retrospective epidemiological analysis of all cases of leprosy captured by the surveillance system between 2003 and 2012 was conducted.
Over the 10-year period, there were 242 reported cases of leprosy in KSA, 67% of which were in those aged between 15 and 44 years of age. Males accounted for over 77% of all cases and non-Saudi nationals, dominated by Indians, and represented 57.4% of the total cases. Just over half of the cases were paucibacillary leprosy, and 9% were grade 2 disability. Makkah region accounted for nearly 42% of all cases. Annual trends showed an overall decline in the yearly cases and prevalence of the disease from 41 cases (0.018 per 10,000 population) in 2003 to 15 cases (0.005 per 10,000 population) in 2012.
KSA needs to strengthen the leprosy surveillance systems, as well as health care and community education about the disease which will help effective monitoring, early detection and treatment of the disease. Moreover, the role or migrants in the importation of the disease needs to be addressed to achieve and maintain eradication.
沙特阿拉伯王国（KSA）拥有麻风病监测系统，可有效监测该疾病。
对 2003 年至 2012 年间监测系统捕获的所有麻风病病例进行回顾性流行病学分析。
在 10 年期间，沙特阿拉伯报告了 242 例麻风病病例，其中 67%的病例发生在 15 至 44 岁之间。男性占所有病例的 77%以上，非沙特国民以印度人居多，占总病例的 57.4%。超过一半的病例为少菌型麻风病，9%为 2 级残疾。麦加地区占所有病例的近 42%。年度趋势显示，麻风病的年病例数和患病率总体呈下降趋势，从 2003 年的 41 例（每 10000 人口 0.018 例）降至 2012 年的 15 例（每 10000 人口 0.005 例）。
沙特阿拉伯需要加强麻风病监测系统，以及有关该疾病的医疗保健和社区教育，这将有助于有效监测、早期发现和治疗该疾病。此外，还需要解决移民在疾病输入中的作用，以实现并维持消灭麻风病。
