Leprosy Mailing List – September 1, 2013
Ref.: (LML) WHO Epidemiological Record
From: Sunil Deepak, Bologna, Italy
Dear Pieter,
According to WHO Epidemiological Record (WER 35, 30 August 2013), there were 20,213 new cases of leprosy in Africa in 2011, and it specifies that this is updated data from that presented in 2012 (WER 34, 24 August 2012). In fact in WER 34, the number of new cases in Africa in 2011 was 12,673.
However, in “The WHO Africa Region Strategic Plan for Further Reducing the Burden of Leprosy 2013-15” (updated in February 2013), the number of new cases of leprosy in 2011 was 25,231.
May I ask our colleagues from AFRO office of WHO to throw some light on these figures?
Sunil
Dr. Sunil Deepak
Head, Scientific Department
AIFO
Via Borselli 4-6
40135 Bologna
Italy
Webpage: www.aifo.it/english/
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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