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Medley, Graham, Crump, Ron E. and Lockwood, Diana N. J. (2017) Interpreting data in policy & control : the case of leprosy. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 145 (1). pp. 1-3. doi:10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2027_16
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2027_16
Abstract
Leprosy is an ancient disease, and the WHO target of elimination by the year 2000 in 1991 was perhaps ambitious [1]. This ambition was mitigated by a redefinition of elimination to 'elimination as a public health problem', which means, in reality, the reduction of disease to very low levels. The formal definition of control (reduction of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality to a locally acceptable level as a result of deliberate efforts, and continued intervention measures are required to maintain the reduction [2]) recognizes that intervention programmes must be kept going [2],[3],[4]. The redefinition of 'control' to 'elimination as a public health problem' was presumably to develop a political impetus to a defined endpoint; and political impetus is essential for any concerted public health action.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Indian Journal of Medical Research | ||||
| Publisher: | Medknow Publications | ||||
| ISSN: | 0971-5916 | ||||
| Official Date: | 30 May 2017 | ||||
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| Volume: | 145 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-3 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_2027_16 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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