We are not going to eliminate leprosy while we do not treat reservoir cases adequately!

Leprosy Mailing List, August 24th, 2009

Ref.: We are not going to eliminate leprosy while we do not treat reservoir cases adequately!
From: Palande D. D., Pondicherry, India

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Dear Salvatore,

I fully agree with Grace Warren (LML, August 20, 2009). May be we are the older generation with less patience and belief in epidemiological projections based on available information from registers and better vision in spite of our age. In both India and China the priority for Leprosy in particular and health in general is rather low- very pragmatic countries as is WHO.

However I do believe that Nature is great. Something will happen, who knows? The Hansen’s Disease Bacillus may mutate into a harmless one!

Best regards,

Dinkar D. Palande