title: [Global leprosy, current status and a future outlook].
abstract: Successful "Leprosy Elimination Programme" since 1991 managed to reduce global case load to nearly 1/10 in 10 years. However, this rapid fall of case detection/incident rate. This means that even after year 2,000, control effort of leprosy as an infectious disease must be sustained, while adequate control/care of leprosy as a deformity/disability causing disease need more attention.
authors.affiliation: Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yuasa
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007391:International Cooperation; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D014944:World Health Organization