Training Manual and Users Guide April 29, 2005 Prepared by John Jereb and Linda Leary Field Services and Evaluation Branch, Zachary Taylor, Branch Chief Division of Tuberculosis Elimination National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Global Leprosy Strategy 2016-2020 released in April 2016 underscored its goal of "accelerating towards a leprosy-free world" and its commitment to an approach based on the principles of initiating action, Pathogenesis Leprosy. Training Manual for Medical Officers. Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi: National Leprosy Eradication Programme Transcript. 1. 1 FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE TUBERCULOSIS, LEPROSY AND TB/HIV TRAINING MANUAL for HEALTH CARE WORKERS. PARTICIPANTS' MANUAL November 2016 ADDIS ABABA. 2. 2 COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING MANUAL FOR CLINICAL AND PROGRAMMATIC MANAGEMENT OF TBL AND TB/HIV PARTICIPANTS' MANUAL Strategies towards elimination of leprosy includes information dissemination, education, training and capacity building, an organized referral system, prevention of disabilities, rehabilitation and research. Leprosy is eliminated as a public health problem in the Philippines, specifically at the sub-national level • About 15-20% of the leprosy affected individuals develop lagophthalmos. • In the early stages, lagophthalmos is treated like any other case of neuritis with steroids. • The Chhattisgarh state, a tribal belt in central India with less than 2.0 % of country's population has about 6 % of new leprosy case-load and approximately,5.39% grade II Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Classification and management of leprosy. Training Manual for Medical Officers: NLEP. Ch. 7. Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi: Directorate of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. [Last accessed on 2013 Mar 14]. Toolbox Leprosy selected publications. About MEDBOX. MEDBOX is an innovative online library aimed at improving the quality of healthcare in humanitarian action, worldwide.. MEDBOX is an independent internet platform supported by international agencies and scientific institutions active in humanitarian assistance, development and health work worldwide. 1. To undertake research into the basic problems relating to the inception and spread of Leprosy. 2. To Promote field studies for the application of the results of basic researches to the problem of controlling leprosy in the community 3. To train Leprosy workers of various types in sufficient numbers and of the requisite quality. 4. influence for increasing awareness of leprosy and reducing stigma and discrimination. The core methodology used was a model of cascading training of religious leaders. Following training, these leaders would train others on leprosy using a training manual that was developed with the support of The Leprosy Mission Trust India. DR-TB AND LEPROSY IN ETHIOPIA SIXTH EDITION November 2017 Addis Ababa Page i NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR TB, DR-TB AND LEPROSY IN ETHIOPIA FOREWORD Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem throughout the world by infecting an estimated one-third of the world's population and putting them at risk of developing active disease during their The development of this national comprehensive TB, Leprosy and TB/HIV modular training materials is based on the sixt