Disease Prevention and Control / Communicable Diseases / Leprosy
Reports from the Brazilian States: Leprosy Elimination Monitoring (LEM), 2003 | ||||||||
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Leprosy Elimination Monitoring (LEM) is an independent formal evaluation with standard indicators developed by WHO for collecting data to complement routine information systems and to allow for greater detail with regard to health services, quality of care offers, and access to multidrug therapy (MDT) at the local, state, and national levels. These indicators can be used to measure specific aspects of actions undertaken for leprosy control, making information available to the actors involved in making decisions and implementing action plans. As part of the process of cooperation between PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Health of Brazil, a proposal was made to carry out LEM to increase the level of detailed knowledge available on the progress of leprosy elimination in the Brazilian states. In the northern and northeastern regions, the Alfredo da Matta Foundation was in charge of the LEM evaluation; and in the southeastern, southern, and midwestern regions, the Lauro de Souza Lima Institute. Both are PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centers for the National Program to Control and Eliminate Leprosy and WHO Collaborating Center for Leprosy Training, Research, and Field Activities. |
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LEM Key Indicators (standard indicators developed by WHO)
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