Leprosy Mailing List – July 28, 2018
Ref.: (LML) Improving the quality of leprosy treatment
From: Francesca Gajete, Manilla, the Philippines
Dear Dr Pieter,
We agree with Dr Joel Almeida (LML, July 13, 2018). Slit skin smear (SSS) should be part and parcel in the Treatment Plan of Leprosy Patients, New and Suspect cases. This practice contributed to the elimination of leprosy as a public health problem in the Philippines when Nursing Attendants underwent a month long training on SSS in the '80's and were sent to GIDA and far-flung areas.
There is a need to retrain our frontline workers on Slit Skin Smear (SSS), particularly out Local Government Unit Staff( Physicians, Nurses and Medical Technologists/Technicians) to sustain the successes we have achieved towards zero transmission.
Respectfully,
Dr Francesca Cando Gajete,MHA,FPLS
VP ILA,Philippines
Former NLCP Manager,Department of Health,Philippines
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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