(LML) In memoriam Dr. Dullobho Poriccha

Leprosy Mailing List – February 11 ,  2018

Ref.: (LML) In memoriam Dr. Dullobho Poriccha  

From:  Cdr. Narsimham, Orissa, India

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Dear Dr. Schreuder,

 

 

Would you be so kind to publish this poem as in memoriam for Dr. Dullobho Poriccha, who had dedicated his working life to the fight against leprosy.

 

 

Dr Dullobho Porichha

Born 10 Sep 1944

Died  07 Sep 2017

 

And a life quietly wrapped up
Without a whimper or whisper heard
Silently passed on to another world

Left behind a conundrum of jargons –
Flummoxed narrative shall go on
Of what led to a hasty obedience

For the teary eyes live to tell
How death struck many a grievous blows
Before the departed finally let go

Of artistic zeal and will to live
Breaking bonds to set free from
A family's love, a fraternity's pride

Endgame is played out for all
But only a few make a virtuous exit
And in their leaving, render grace a destitute

 

 

Thanks and regards,

 

 

Cdr Narsimham

 

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(LML) Basic Dermatology Training at BIKASH Nepal, Pokhara, 18 – 23 March, 2018

Leprosy Mailing List – February 10,  2018

Ref.:   (LML)  Basic Dermatology Training at BIKASH Nepal, Pokhara, 18 – 23 March, 2018

From:  Gopal Gurung, Pokhara, Nepal

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Dear Dr. Pieter Schreuder,

 

 

Warm Greetings from Nepal !

 

Kindly circulate our attached training announcement through your mailing list as in the past years. 

 

Thanking you for your support,

 

Gopal Gurung

Training Consultant

BIKASH Nepal

Pokhara 15

Nepal

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(LML) Reliability of Global Leprosy Statistics

Leprosy Mailing List – February 9,  2018

Ref.:    (LML) Reliability of Global Leprosy Statistics

From:  P Narasimba Rao, Hyderabad, India

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Dear Pieter,

I like to refer to the LML mails by Claudio Salgado "Reliability of Global Leprosy Statistics" of February 1, 2018, and from Joel Almeida on February 6, 2018. In India, which is a large country with many districts which are endemic for leprosy, there are good number of leprosy patients who are missed, as leprosy programme from 2005 onwards only supported & promoted voluntary reporting of leprosy cases.  However, recently there has been shift to focussed active search in high endemic districts of India by authorities through 'leprosy case detection campaigns'.  This has thrown up some very startling results and revealed the magnitude of missed leprosy cases.

 

Dr Anil Kumar, Deputy Director General (Leprosy) Government of India, NLEP (National leprosy eradication programme), in an interview to The Indian Express newspaper of 23 Nov 2016 stated that "As many as 31,666 'hidden' leprosy cases found in   door- to-door active case survey in India. The survey found highest number of leprosy cases in Bihar (4,526) Odisha (4,399) and Chhattisgarh (2560).

 

The Maharashtra state Joint Director (NLEP Leprosy) Mr Sanjeev Kamble stated in The Indian express newspaper (26.11.2016) that the highest number of children with leprosy were identified in Maharashtra. They found around 500 children with leprosy in the tribal area of Palghar district alone.

 

Note that this number of 31,666 new cases identified with in few weeks of active survey is about 25% of annual new case detection of India. By this which we can imagine the magnitude of the problem of missing leprosy cases in this country. Keeping this in view, NLEP is planning to have active surveys in 160 districts/ blocks of India where leprosy is endemic, (Prevalence rate 1 to 10 per 10,000 population) through innovative Leprosy Case Detection Campaigns (LCDC).

 

Such high numbers of missed cases were also substantiated by other workers from India. A report published in Lepr Rev  in 2016 has  shown  that there are good number of missing / hidden numbers of  leprosy patients in endemic districts of India, which were detected  by active contact surveys of leprosy patient households. During a Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) organised by NLEP in the Munger district of Bihar, 106 new leprosy cases were detected through house to house surveys in eight blocks.  An additional 84 new cases were detected within 45 days through complementary contact and focal survey of households in the same district by LEPRA.⁽¹⁾

 

Hence, the 'missing numbers' are not just those statistics from countries from which leprosy numbers were not received by WHO for inclusion in its global leprosy numbers, but more significantly those present in endemic areas of countries such as India, but not detected due to  various administrative reasons.  

 

The 'missing numbers of leprosy' are definitely a significant problem in India. More inclusive efforts through 'inter-sectoral collaboration' within country as suggested by Global leprosy strategy document 2016-2020 is the only way forward to detect them effectively. 

 

With best regards

P Narasimha Rao MD, PhD

President-elect,

Indian association of Dermatologists, Venereologists & leprologists (IADVL), India,

 

1. Case finding through contact surveys and focal surveys in Bihar, India Lepr

Rev (2016) 87, 436–437 

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(LML) Infolep update on new leprosy publications – February 2018

Leprosy Mailing List – February 08,  2018

Ref.:    (LML) Infolep update on new leprosy publications – February 2018

From:  Jiske Erlings, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Dear colleagues,  Below you will find another overview of new publications on leprosy and related subjects. Did you know that the Infolep portal gives you access to over 27,480 publications on leprosy? Feel free to contact me to receive the full text versions if a link to the full text is not included or for assistance with your literature research. You are also invited to send us your publications on leprosy or material on leprosy in your language for inclusion in the portal. With warm regards, Jiske Erlings, jerlings@leprastichting.nl Infolep Information officer

 

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Highlighted publications

 

 

Infolep WLD2018 dossier childhood leprosy & prevention of disability in children. https://www.leprosy-information.org/keytopic/preventing-leprosy-related-disabilities-girls-and-boys My Family, My Life and My Work : the autobiography of the man who dreamed of eliminating leprosy - Yo Yuasa Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation. 2017. Download PDF Leprosy Review - 2017 nr 4 Read online Reaching a Billion. Ending Neglected Tropical Diseases. Fifth progress report on the London Declaration on NTDs. - 2017 Read online here

 

 

New publications

 

 

Epidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state. da Araújo KMFA, de Leano HAM, Rodrigues RN, et al. Rev Rene. 2017; 18(6):771-778. Download PDF Caregivers' views on stigmatization and discrimination of people affected by leprosy in Ghana. Asampong E, Dako-Gyeke M, Oduro R. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jan 29;12(1) Download PDF    Host lipid mediators in leprosy: the hypothesized contributions to pathogenesis. Belisle JT, Silva CA. Front Immunol. 2018. Read abstract   Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae. Benjak A, Avanzi C, Singh P, et al. Nat Commun. 2018; 9(1):352. Download PDF   Histoid leprosy: clinical and histopathological analysis of patients in follow-up in University Clinical Hospital of endemic country. Canuto MJM, Yacoub CRD, Trindade MAB, et al. Int. J. Dermatol. 2018. Read abstract   Leprosy: current situation, clinical and laboratory aspects, treatment history and perspective of the uniform multidrug therapy for all patients. da Cruz RCS, Bührer-Sékula S, Penna MLF, et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2017; 92(6):761-773. Download PDF   Dapsone-induced agranulocytosis in patients with Hansen's disease. Fernandes TRMO, Jesus BN, Barreto TT, Pereira AA. An Bras Dermatol. 2017 Nov-Dec;92(6):894-897. Download PDF   Practice Guidelines for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Mycobacteria. Forbes BA, Hall GS, Miller MB, et al. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2018 Jan 31;31(2). pii: e00038-17. Read abstract   [Profile of leprosy patients in a secondary health care center]. Freire de Santana EM, Villaverde Antas EM, Gonçalves de Brito KK, et al. 2017; 11(11):4404-4409. Download PDF   Trend analysis of leprosy cases at a primary health centre in Thane District of Maharashtra. Gokhale CN, Borgaonkar CA, Solanki MJ, Shanbhag SS. GJRA 2018(1). Download PDF   Clinico histopathological correlation study of leprosy. Ghodke BA, Valand AG, Deka AB, et al. APALM. 2017; 4(6); 788-794. Download PDF   Mycobacterium leprae genomes from naturally infected nonhuman primates. Honap TP, Pfister LA, Housman G, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018 Jan 30;12(1):e0006190. Download PDF   The Global Fight to Develop Antipoverty Vaccines in the Antivax Era. Hotez PJ. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 Feb 2:0. Read abstract   Social perception of deformities in Hansen's disease (leprosy). Kanesalingavelan K, Sabhesan S, Savitha K. Int. Jour. of Contemp. Med. 2017; 5(2):76-79. Read abstract   Infections and reactions in leprosy: a diagnostic dilemma. Kaur J, Kalsy J, Kalra RK. Int J Res Dermatol. 2018; 4(1):96-98. Download PDF   A 19‑year retrospective study of adverse drug reactions to multidrug therapy in leprosy requiring a change in regime. Nair SP. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2018; 9(1):33-36. Download PDF   Assessing the feasibility of integration of self-care for filarial lymphoedema into existing community leprosy self-help groups in Nepal. Pryce J, Mableson HE, Choudhary R, et al. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jan 30;18(1):201. Download PDF   Sensory improvement of leprosy peripheral neuropathy in patients treated with perineural injection of platelet-rich plasma. Ravindran S, Criton S. Int J Dermatol. 2018 Jan 22. Read abstract   Association between the Rosén and Lundborg Score and the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness scale in hand functional evaluation of patients with leprosy diagnosis. Reis BM, Fernandes LFRM. Disabil Rehabil. 2018 Jan 30:1-6. Read abstract   Surveillance of intradomiciliary contacts of leprosy cases: perspective of the client in a hyperendemic municipality. Romanholo HSB, Souza EA, Ramos Júnior AN, et al. Rev Bras Enferm. 2018 Jan-Feb;71(1):163-169. Download PDF   The problem of leprosy: Past, present and future. Rubini M. Edorium J Infect Dis. 2018; 4:1-4. Download PDF   Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant in a patient with leprosy: Is it safe? Salomão MC, Batista MV, de Macedo MC, et al. Transpl Infect Dis. 2018. Read abstract   Are leprosy case numbers reliable? Salgado CG, Barreto JG, da Silva MB, et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2018; 18(2):135-137. Read abstract   A short report on status of leprosy in India. Shukla R, Narayan PP, Sarkar S. Adv Complement Alt Med. 2018; 1(1):1-2. Dowload PDF   Lepromatous leprosy-negative images giving the diagnostic clue. Singla S, Singla G, Gupta K, et al. Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2017; 60(4):616-617. Download PDF   Strategies to reduce leprosy transmission in hyperendemic regions in Brazil and elsewhere in the world. Spencer JS, Frade MAC, Salgado CG. Microbiologist. 2017 (4):22-25. Read abstract   New perspectives for the treatment of Hansen's disease. Talhari S, Gontijo B, Vale ECSD, Marques SA. An Bras Dermatol. 2017 Nov-Dec;92(6):760. Download PDF   A study of leprosy cases: Correlation of clinical features, histopathology and demonstration of Lepra bacilli. Taviyad S, Gandhi S, Purohit M, et al. BJKines : national journal of basic & applied sciences. 2017; 9(2):1-7. Download PDF

 

 

Journals & Newsletters

 

 

Disability, CBR & Inclusive Development: http://dcidj.org/ Hansenologia Internationalis: http://www.ilsl.br/revista/atual.php Indian Journal of Leprosy: http://www.ijl.org.in/index.html  Leprosy Review: https://www.lepra.org.uk/Pages/FAQs/Category/volume-88 Leprosy Review Repository (1928-2001) : http://leprev.ilsl.br/arquivo.php Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/   Revista de Leprología: http://www.leprosy-information.org/resource/revista-de-leprologia   WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter for the elimination of leprosy: http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/ambassador/index.html

 

 

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