Evaluating active leprosy case identification methods in six districts of Nepal

• Main Authors: Ram Kumar Mahato (Author), Uttam Ghimire (Author), Madhav Lamsal (Author), Bijay Bajracharya (Author), Mukesh Poudel (Author), Prashnna Napit (Author), Krishna Lama (Author), Gokarna Dahal (Author), David T. S. Hayman (Author), Ajit Kumar Karna (Author), Basu Dev Pandey (Author), Chuman Lal Das (Author), Krishna Prasad Paudel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nepal has achieved and sustained the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem since 2009, but 17 districts and 3 provinces with 41% (10,907,128) of Nepal's population have yet to eliminate the disease. Pediatric cases and grade-2 disabilities (G2D) indicate recent t...