Leprosy chemoprophylaxis in Micronesia.
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A programme of chemoprophylaxis was introduced as a component of the leprosy control programme in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), beginning in 1996. The entire population of the country was to be screened, and a single dose of 600 mg rifampicin, 400 mg ofloxacin and 100 mg minocycline (ROM) was to be administered to the entire population. Two rounds of screening the entire population were carried out, approximately 1 year apart, and chemoprophylaxis was administered at the time of each screening. Ninety percent of the population were screened at least once, and 55% were screened in both rounds; 87% of the population received at least one dose, and 54% received two doses. In the course of the first round, 322 new cases were detected, whereas only 80 new cases were detected during the second round, of whom only 12 had received chemoprophylaxis in the course of the first round. A third round of screening, confined to a small number of villages in both Chuuk and Pohnpei, in which states leprosy endemicity was high, was carried out approximately 2 years after the second. Only 16 new cases were detected during the third round of screening, whereas 102 new cases had been detected in this same population during the first round of screening, and 32 new cases during the second. Six of the 16 newly detected cases stated that they had been administered chemoprophylaxis at least once; however, this information may not be reliable.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Leprosy review
دوره 71 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000