title: [Antileprosy polychemotherapy in the member states of the OCCGE: a decade of implementation (1983-19930). The National Coordinators of the Leprosy Program of the 8 states of the OCCGE].
abstract: MDT for leprosy recommended by WHO in 1981 has been introduced and implemented in 8 Member States of OCCGE (an organization for leprosy control in francophone West Africa). This implementation from 1983 to 1993 can be divided in two phases: 1983-1987: introduction phase by pilot projects; 1988-1993: extension phase by national leprosy control programmes. During the ten years, MDT coverage rose to 68%, leprosy prevalence rate widely decreased (40.71 to 6.56 per 10,000), while annual detection rate weakly varied (1.89 to 1.26 per 10,000). Factors influencing this evolution of leprosy are brought out and recommendations are made about strategies to be developed for leprosy control up to year 2000.
authors.affiliation: OCCGE: Institut Marchoux (Unité Epidémiologie-Formation), Bamako, Mali.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tiendrebeogo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sylla
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western / Q000453:epidemiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008403:Mass Screening; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents
vernacular_title: La polychimiothérapie antilépreuse dans les Etats membres de l'OCCGE: une décennie de mise en oeuvre (1983-1993). Coordonnateurs Nationaux de Programme Lèpre des 8 Etats de l'OCCGE.