Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
APRECIACIONES CRÍTICAS A LOS PROGRAMAS DE CONTROL Y ELIMINACIÓN DE LA LEPRA EN EL PERÚ Y SUS CONSECUENCIAS PARA EL PERÚ Y AMÉRICA. |
| Alternate Title: |
CRITICAL APPRAISAL ABOUT CONTROL PROGRAMS AND ELIMINATION OF LEPROSY IN PERU, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR PERU AND AMERICA. |
| Authors: |
Burstein, Zuño1 zburstein@ins.gob.pe |
| Source: |
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. 2014, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p336-342. 7p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Chart, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: |
HANSEN'S disease, DISEASE eradication, PREVENTIVE medicine, PUBLIC health surveillance, HANSEN'S disease diagnosis, HEALTH policy, PREVENTION |
| Geographic Terms: |
LIMA (Peru), PERU |
| Abstract (English): |
A critical analysis of health control measures that historically took place in Peru to the present which has led Peru to officially consider leprosy as an "eliminated" public health problem. We will also discuss the validity of the status given the neglect of health surveillance, disbanded specialized control entities, health medical staff forgetting to account for leprosy in early stages, the presence of undiagnosed smear-positive leprosy in Lima and the undeniable hidden prevalence, suggest that there is a danger to the country and the region that a re-emergence of leprosy will occur, if relevant and appropriate sanitary measures are not taken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Abstract (Spanish): |
Se presenta un análisis crítico de las medidas de control sanitario que, históricamente, se llevaron a cabo en el Perú hasta llegar a la situación actual, que sitúa al Perú en la fase oficialmente considerada de "eliminación" de la lepra como problema de salud pública. Se discute, además, su validación, señalándose que el descuido de la vigilancia sanitaria, la desarticulación de los organismos de control especializado, el olvido de parte del personal médico sanitario de su diagnóstico precoz, la presencia de casos lepromatosos bacilíferos no diagnosticados en la capital de la república y la indudable prevalencia escondida, permiten concluir que existe el peligro para el país y la región que se reproduzca una recrudescencia de la lepra, si no se toman las medidas sanitarias pertinentes y oportunas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
MedicLatina |
