2024-01-28 11:30:12
By: | Keywords: China, Health, Leprosy
english.china.org.cn | Updated 01-28-2024
Xinhua News Agency | 28. 01. 2024
China has released a plan for the complete elimination of leprosy, the National Disease Prevention and Control Administration said Sunday.
According to the plan jointly released by the administration and other departments, by 2030, no district-level region in China will see a leprosy prevalence higher than 1 per 100,000.
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that seriously threatens the health of residents, severe cases of which might cause facial malformations and impairments of hands and feet.
China has implemented a leprosy control plan (2011-2020) and is making progress in eliminating the threat of the disease. Official data showed that by the end of 2020, the number of leprosy patients in China had halved compared to the previous decade.
To further reduce the prevalence of the disease, the new plan (2024-2030) calls for the implementation of coordinated three-tier measures across the country, targeting disease transmission, fluctuation and rebound of cases, and early warning.
The plan also sets key missions, including patient detection, targeted treatment and prevention of malformations and deficiencies. F
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