Fw: (LML) Skin Disease in the Tropics and the Lessons that can be Learned from Leprosy and Other Neglected Diseases

 

Leprosy Mailing List – April 28,  2020

 

Ref.:  (LML) Skin Disease in the Tropics and the Lessons that can be Learned from Leprosy and Other Neglected Diseases

 

From:  Ben Naafs, Munnekeburen, the Netherlands

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Dear Pieter,

 

Leprosy is not the only disease that is generalized but often is recognized due to symptoms in the skin. Many NTD's are too. Skin diseases are very common in the tropics. They include illnesses like ringworm, impetigo and scabies. A recent WHO programme has been to take advantage of the fact that many of the serious diseases seen in the tropics, such as leprosy and river blindness, first appear in the skin and that by detecting them, because of their appearances in the skin, their treatment and control becomes much more feasible (Roderick J. Hay).

 

Workers in leprosy, who know by profession the skin, are foremost equipped to diagnose most of them. They are at the forefront of NTD control. Therefore, I thought the enclosed article: Skin Disease in the Tropics and the Lessons that can be Learned from Leprosy and Other Neglected Diseases by Roderick J. HAY from the Kings College London and the International Foundation for Dermatology could be of interest for the readers of LML.

 

Regards,

 

Ben

 

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