The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era.
BACKGROUND:Cameroon achieved the elimination target of leprosy in 2000, and has maintained this status ever since. However, a number of health districts in the country continue to report significant numbers of leprosy cases. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of leprosy in Cameroon from...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:92cebe5107674949a0b823014043fe30 2023-05-15T15:13:44+02:00 The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. Earnest Njih Tabah Dickson Shey Nsagha Anne-Cecile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek Martin W Bratschi Theophilus Ngeh Njamnshi Gerd Plushke Alfred Kongnyu Njamnshi 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005012 https://doaj.org/article/92cebe5107674949a0b823014043fe30 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5061420?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005012 https://doaj.org/article/92cebe5107674949a0b823014043fe30 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 10, Iss 10, p e0005012 (2016) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005012 2022-12-31T06:33:08Z BACKGROUND:Cameroon achieved the elimination target of leprosy in 2000, and has maintained this status ever since. However, a number of health districts in the country continue to report significant numbers of leprosy cases. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of leprosy in Cameroon from 2000 to 2014. METHODS:We obtained and analysed using the new leprosy burden concept of analysis, leprosy surveillance data collected between 2000 and 2014 from the National Leprosy Control Programme. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Cameroon achieved leprosy elimination in 2000, registering a prevalence rate of 0.94/10,000 population. The prevalence rate dropped further to reach 0.20/10,000 population (78% reduction) in 2014. Similarly, the new case detection rate dropped from 4.88/100,000 population in 2000 to 1.46/100,000 population (85.3% reduction) in 2014. All 10 regions of the country achieved leprosy elimination between 2000 and 2014; however, 10 health districts were still to do so by 2014. The number of high-leprosy-burden regions decreased from 8 in 2000 to 1 in 2014. Seven and two regions were respectively medium and low-burdened at the end of 2014. At the health districts level, 18 remained at the high-leprosy-burdened level in 2014. CONCLUSION:The leprosy prevalence and detection rates as well as the overall leprosy burden in Cameroon have dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. However, a good number of health districts remain high-leprosy-burdened. The National Leprosy Control Programme should focus efforts on these health districts in the next coming years in order to further reduce the burden of leprosy in the country. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 10 10 e0005012 |
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BACKGROUND:Cameroon achieved the elimination target of leprosy in 2000, and has maintained this status ever since. However, a number of health districts in the country continue to report significant numbers of leprosy cases. The aim of this study was to assess the burden of leprosy in Cameroon from 2000 to 2014. METHODS:We obtained and analysed using the new leprosy burden concept of analysis, leprosy surveillance data collected between 2000 and 2014 from the National Leprosy Control Programme. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Cameroon achieved leprosy elimination in 2000, registering a prevalence rate of 0.94/10,000 population. The prevalence rate dropped further to reach 0.20/10,000 population (78% reduction) in 2014. Similarly, the new case detection rate dropped from 4.88/100,000 population in 2000 to 1.46/100,000 population (85.3% reduction) in 2014. All 10 regions of the country achieved leprosy elimination between 2000 and 2014; however, 10 health districts were still to do so by 2014. The number of high-leprosy-burden regions decreased from 8 in 2000 to 1 in 2014. Seven and two regions were respectively medium and low-burdened at the end of 2014. At the health districts level, 18 remained at the high-leprosy-burdened level in 2014. CONCLUSION:The leprosy prevalence and detection rates as well as the overall leprosy burden in Cameroon have dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. However, a good number of health districts remain high-leprosy-burdened. The National Leprosy Control Programme should focus efforts on these health districts in the next coming years in order to further reduce the burden of leprosy in the country. |
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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. |
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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. |
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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. |
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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. |
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The Burden of Leprosy in Cameroon: Fifteen Years into the Post-elimination Era. |
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