World Leprosy Day: where does Iran stand?

The first consignment of free anti-leprosy drugs was delivered to Bababaghi Hospital by WHO in 1963--a turning point in the efforts against leprosy in Iran.2 In the following years, owing to a decrease in the number of new cases, other leprosaria in Iran were closed and Bababaghi remained the only a...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2013-01, Vol.381 (9863), p.e3-e3
Main Authors: Golzari, Samad EJ, Ghabili, Kamyar, Bazzazi, Amir Mohammad, Aslanabadi, Saeid
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
History, 20th Century
Hospitals, Special - history
Humans
Internal Medicine
Iran
Leprosy
Leprosy - history
Public health
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The first consignment of free anti-leprosy drugs was delivered to Bababaghi Hospital by WHO in 1963--a turning point in the efforts against leprosy in Iran.2 In the following years, owing to a decrease in the number of new cases, other leprosaria in Iran were closed and Bababaghi remained the only active university-affiliated centre to provide free health care and social support for leprosy patients and their families.3 Thanks to the continuing support of WHO, the prevalence of leprosy in Iran is now only 0·12 cases per 10 000 general population.3 We declare that we have no conflicts of interest.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60133-6