Yaws Revisited
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Yaws appeared to have been eradicated in Malaysia due mainly to the highly successful Yaws Elimination Campaign sponsored by WHO and UNICEF from 1954 to 1963. In 1948 over 100,000 cases of yaws were treated in Malaya.' In the 1960's, yaws were almost completely cleared and no cases were seen in places where thousands were present before the Elimination Campaign. In the 1970's, sporadic cases of yaws began to reappear in endemic areas. In recent years, small outbreaks of cases of yaws were seen in states like Pahang, Kelantan, Johore, Penang and Kedah (personal communications). This has also been the experience in other countries especially in Africa where the elimination programmes were initially very successful." The problem of yaws is still with us; it is a disease that refuses to die.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013