Keeping Leprosy Under Control: Caribbean Leprosy Control Managers' Workshop

(Georgetown, Guyana, 29 June – 1 July 2005)

- Summary Report and Recommendations (2 pp, PDF, 286 Kb)
- Agenda (2 pp, PDF, 229 Kb)

- PAHO Leprosy Page
- CAREC
- Ministry of Health, Guyana
- NLR InfoLep

5^th Biennial Meeting on Leprosy Control jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Guyana, the Caribbean Epidemiology Center (CAREC), PAHO/WHO, and The Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)

Purpose: To facilitate the implementation of strategies, which is required to sustain services for patients with leprosy in situations characterized by low endemicity and a changing health-care system environment.

Objectives

1. To assess the global, regional and subregional epidemiological situation on leprosy.
2. Review approaches used for enabling increased cased detection.
3. Review strategies for promoting sustainability of services.
4. Outline a plan of action for the implementation of the strategies to effect change.

Recommendations

• Provide high-quality services for all persons affected by leprosy.
• Improve cost-effectiveness by integrating and/or decentralizing ongoing leprosy control activities within the existing local health infrastructure.
• Sustain political commitment and increase collaborative activities with all partners at the global, national and regional levels.
• Build capacity among health workers in the integrated setting.

Location: Regency Hotel