Leprosy [part 2]: treatment and disease control

ABSTRACT

Although, leprosy is a very variable disease, affecting different people in different ways according to their immune response, it is no longer an incurable disease. In areas, where leprosy is less common, the ability to suspect leprosy and refer the patient to the specialist is the most important skill required for junior doctors working in dermatology, general practitioner and other specialities. The Multi-drug therapy "MDT" has been a continuing process and neither relapse nor drug resistance are significant problems. In the present we will review the treatment of leprosy and disease control and recent WHO recommendations: