Leprosy Mailing List – February 17th, 2011
Ref.: Video for leprosy training
From: Mondjo A.,Libreville , Gabon
From: Mondjo A.,
Dear Dr Noto,
Thank you very much to Dr Annick Engelhard for her leprosy mailing list message dated January 19th, 2011. I would like to share with her our recent experience in Gabon about the use of little video material during the last workshop for health services managers in charge of the leprosy programme at the intermediary level ( Libreville , 13-16 December 2010).
1°) how to highlight the lack of sensibility of dermatologic patches or others ;
2°) how to realize a BNS (Standardized neurologic check up) in order to determine the Yeux-Mains-Pieds (eye-hand-foot) score (i.e. ISF).
Last year, for the world leprosy day, we send to the different Regions a copy of the film “Bâtir un monde sans leper” (Build a world without leprosy). I consider that such a film is useful for health workers too. My opinion is that looking at (and listening to) movies help, more than static and silent photos, to realize that “leprosy cases”, “handicapped persons” and members of their family are above all persons with feelings, wishes, opinions … and so should help to reduce discrimination.
Dr Annick MONDJO
National Manager of the Leprosy Programme
BP 50, Libreville ( Gabon )
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