Fw: (LML) A conditional cash transfer programme in Brazil improves leprosy treatment outcome

 

 

Leprosy Mailing List – May 5,  2020

 

Ref.:  (LML) A conditional cash transfer programme in Brazil improves leprosy treatment outcome

 

From:  Pieter Schreuder, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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Dear colleagues,

 

 

We want to draw your attention to the comments (see attached file) made by Alberto Novaes, Jorg Heukelbach and Maria Leide concerning the article of Julian Pescarini and colleagues, in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on line Feb 14, 2020 (Pescarini JM, Williamson E, Nery JS, et al. Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on leprosy treatment adherence and cure in patients from the nationwide 100 Million Brazilian Cohort: a quasi-experimental study. Lancet Infect Dis 2020; published online Feb 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30624-3).

 

In The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Julia Pescarini and colleagues report the first study to evaluate the effect of a conditional cash-transfer programme on leprosy treatment outcomes. The investigators estimated the effect of the Brazilian conditional cash-transfer programme (Programa Bolsa Família [PBF]) on leprosy treatment adherence and cure in affected Brazilian residents.

 

Comments on this study by Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr, Jorg Heukelbach, and Maria Leide Wand-Del-Rey Oliveira. Department of Community Health (ANR) and Postgraduate Program of Public Health (ANR, JH), School of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza 60.430-140, Brazil; and School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MLWDRO) Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. An Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license. Online February 14, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/ S1473-3099(19)30750-9

 

Social and social-economic inequality is a curse. As always, also in times of corona the less fortunate and underprivileged are the hardest hit.

 

Best regards,

 

 

Pieter AM Schreuder

Editosr LML.

 

 

 

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