Leprosy control program in Thailand.

Leprosy control in Thailand by the public health route.

NCD Prevention and Control: Sustainable and Comprehensive Solutions; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Close contacts with leprosy in newly diagnosed leprosy patients in a high and low endemic area: comparison between Bangladesh and Thailand.

BACKGROUND As part of a larger study of the role of close contacts in the transmission of M. leprae, we explored whether the proportion of newly detected cases with a family history of leprosy differs with different incidence rates of leprosy in a population. METHODS Retrospective analysis was performed of contacts of all new leprosy patients diagnosed during a 10-yr period in well-establishe...

Report of the ninth meeting of the WHO technical advisory group on leprosy control: Cairo, Egypt, 6–7 March 2008 WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

The Ninth meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Leprosy Control was held in Cairo, Egypt on 6th and 7th March 2008. The meeting was chaired by Professor W.C.S. Smith and attended by national leprosy programme managers from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia, Egypt, Iran, India, Nigeria and Thailand. In addition, several experts and members of the Technical Commiss...

Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences

Addressing the determinants of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is challenged by aggressive market promotion by tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food industries in emerging countries with fast economic development; and interference by these industries in government policies aimed at containing consumption of unhealthy products. This editorial reviews market promotion and industry interference and...