Implementation approaches for leprosy prevention with single-dose rifampicin: A support tool for decision making.

• Main Authors: Fleur Ter Ellen (Author), Kaat Tielens (Author), Christine Fenenga (Author), Liesbeth Mieras (Author), Anne Schoenmakers (Author), Mohammad A Arif (Author), Nienke Veldhuijzen (Author), Ruth Peters (Author), Eliane Ignotti (Author), Christa Kasang (Author), Benedict Quao (Author), Peter Steinmann (Author), Nand Lal Banstola (Author), Joshua Oraga (Author), Teky Budiawan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>In the past 15 years, the decline in annually detected leprosy patients has stagnated. To reduce the transmission of Mycobacterium leprae, the World Health Organization recommends single-dose rifampicin (SDR) as post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for contacts of leprosy p...