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PubMed1995

[Role of catholic centers in the control of tuberculosis].

This study briefly reports the results of a survey conducted by the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP) to asses the Catholic Centres and particularly the leper colonies activities of tuberculosis control. Among the 34 Catholic Centres taking care of the lepers, 11 take part in the NTCP. Within less than 3 years, most of these centres have taken charge of twice more tuberculous patients: the number of cases increased from 540 to 1045. Leprosy prevalence is constantly decreasing, thus multibacillary leprosy cases declared by these centres decreased of 28% from 1992, to 1994. Centres which did not begin conversion would feel this necessity soon. Germs responsible for leprosy and for tuberculosis are "first cousins". Technical and operational approaches for the control of both affections are very much alike. Those considerations logically induce to propose the conversion of antileprosy centres for tuberculosis control. Other arguments are partially exposed in this work. The Central Division knows the existence of 28 Catholic Centres throughout the country, taking charge of tuberculous patients. In 1994, they put more than 1600 patients under treatment, thus 15% of the tubercular in Madagascar. Those Catholic Centres implementing tuberculosis control programme ought set up a "federation" as a privileged interlocutor for the NTCP and for the financial backers when allowing support. Responsibles of the Programme expect to convince Centres of the necessity of conversion and of the interest of tuberculosis control.

Bed Conversion↗
PubMed2003

Prophylaxis and exclusion: compulsory isolation of Hansen's disease patients in São Paulo.

This article aims to retrieve the history of Hansen's disease in Brazil, analyzing the medical thinking of the time and the shaping of health policies that permitted the implementation, in São Paulo, of a prophylactic policy of compulsory exclusion for all Hansen's disease patients. It also analyzes how the structuring and implementation of this policy led to a "São paulo model" that strongly influenced the rest of the country. It addresses the creation of the state's network of leper colonies, their characteristics and the emergence of a veritable "parallel state" that endured until 1967, with complete disregard of all the changes taking place in both national and international prophylactic policymaking.

Communicable Disease Control↗
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[Lesions of the auditory nerve in leprosy (author's transl)].

A study of 260 male patients in the Alexandria leper colony showed that 15% of them had uni- or bilateral perception deafness. The lesion was of the retro-cochlear type and has to be related to lesions of the peripheral nerves.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

A sociological study of leprosy cases in the Gandhi Kusth Ashram, Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

A Sociological study was carried out in respondents of a Lepers Colony (Gandhi Kusth Ashram), Jodhpur. An attempt was made to study the knowledge about causation of Leprosy, age at onset, and treatment. The reason for leaving their original place of origin (South India) was enquired. A majority (95.2%) of patients were Hindus, had onset of leprosy in the age group of below 20 years to 30 years (80.94%) had a literacy rate of 6.3% only. A history of contact with a case of leprosy could be traced in 38% but within the family only in 11.9%. The infection as a cause of leprosy was recognised only by 3.57% patients but a majority had no idea about aetiology (70.24%) or thought it to be due to punishment for past sins (3.57%) or due to supernatural causation (1.19%). Most of them (70.2%) left home for fear of losing family prestige and to hide the disease (25.00%) or hatred of other family members (4.76%).

Adolescent↗