LEPROSY CONTROL IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Leprosy among foreign missionaries in Northern Nigeria.

Th e author t;, working as medical miss ionaries in the Northern Region of Nige ria, became inte rested in the occurrence of leprosy among missionariet; in tha t area after several cases had come to their attention. 'We th er efore thought that it would be of interest to gather as much information of an epidemiologic nature as could be obtained. As fa I' as we know, no previous similar study ha...

Female Sterilization in Northern Nigeria

Dear Editor, Female sterilization is the most widely used method of family planning.1,2 However, the reluctance to accept family limitation as normal and the deep seated aversion to surgery has affected its practice on a large scale in Nigeria.3 Ignorance and superstition based on religious and ancient principles are contributory.4We undertook a descriptive analysis of 102 female participants w...

Leprosy situation in Nigeria.

With an annual new case detection of 4000 people, a Grade 2 disability rate of 12%, and nearly 10% child ratio among new cases, leprosy remains a disease of public health importance in Nigeria. Faced with the reality of low endemicity; a declining budgetary allocation to leprosy control; and a pervasive loss of expertise; it is necessary for Nigeria to re-organise its leprosy control services t...

An evaluation of 35 years of leprosy control in northern Nigeria as demonstrated in the original pilot project Katsina.

Leprosy control is nothing more and nothing less than trying to interrupt transmission of the disease by first diagnosing and then treating all the active leprosy patients with a sufficient amount of drugs for a sufficiently long time. Though this seems very easy in theory, it proves to be extremely difficult in practice, and almost none or only very few of the leprosy control projects have ach...

WHO surveys of disabilities in leprosy in northern Nigeria (Katsina), Cameroon and Thailand (Khon Kaen).