Experience of people living with leprosy at leprosy settlements in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Gabriel Ilerioluwa Oke (Author), Ifeanyi Nsofor (Author), Bashar Abubakar (Author), Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III (Author), Ademola Peter Sunday (Author), Ernesto Oluwafemi Dibia (Author), Emmanuel Ebuka Elebesunu (Author), Obadiah Okpokpo (Author), Odinaka Kingsley Obeta (Author), Abdulhammed Opeyemi Babatunde (Author), Adebowale Sylvester Adeyemi (Author), Philip Adewale Adeoye (Author), Edith Nnenna Utaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although Nigeria achieved the national leprosy elimination target of less than 1/10,000 population in 1998, factors such as culture, behavioural patterns and social determinants, among others, continue to contribute to an increase in leprosy cases and a poor state of living for i...