Leprosy Training Module for Medical Officers

The second issue is the role of the general health services. Over the years, the
technology for diagnosis & treatment has been simplified to a great extent due
to initiatives taken by the WHO and GOI. Today, it is possible to provide the
necessary minimal skills and competence to deal with Leprosy to practically any
health worker. There is no need for specialised workers any more to deal with the
routine work in Leprosy. This means that Leprosy work, including diagnosis and
treatment, can be easily handled by general health care services.
It is true that quality of service provided by the general health services may be
less than perfect but no other service can match their outreach, familiarity with
community and acceptability.
To provide efficient MDT services, the general health services not only need
capacity building but also need support from local districts’ support teams through
their periodic visits, which would act as catalysts and facilitators to see to it that all
activities relating to Leprosy elimination are being carried out reasonably well.
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