Galhotra Abhiruchi, Panigrahi Sunil Kumar, Pal Anjali
Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jun;8(6):1863-1866. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_245_19.
Leprosy or Hansen's disease despite having achieved the elimination target across the world, the decrease in detection of new cases has almost stagnated for the last 10 years. Southeast Asia is having the highest prevalence of leprosy among all regions in the world. The review focuses on the programmatic laggards' post-achievement of elimination target in India, the most significant contributors to leprosy caseload in the world, and a way forward.
麻风病或汉森氏病尽管在全球已实现消除目标，但在过去10年中，新病例的检出率下降几乎停滞不前。东南亚是世界所有地区中麻风病患病率最高的地区。本综述聚焦于印度这一世界上麻风病病例数最重要的贡献者在实现消除目标后出现的规划滞后问题以及未来的发展方向。
