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PRESENTATIONS FROM AFRICA CONGRESS OF
INTERNATIONAL LEPROSY ASSOCIATION (ILA)
Johannesburg (South Africa), 31 Jan. - 3 Feb. 2005

Many of the presentations made during the Africa congress of ILA in South Africa in the beginning of 2005 are presented here. All documents are presented in PDF (Acrobat) documents. The documents have been grouped in some arbitrary categories, different from the programme of the Congress. Finally for some of the documents, names of the authors are not mentioned and it was not possible to identify them from the Congress programme. If these authors wish to inform about their names, they should send an email to: sunil.deepak@aifo.it

Eye in Leprosy

Modified lateral tarsal strip for lagophthalmos in leprosy patients, Dr Essam El Toukhy, Dr Mohsen Labib

Cataract as a cause of blindness in leprosy, Caleb Mpyet

Surgical management of Cataract, Dr. Swapan K. Samanta

Integrating leprosy patients into district vision 2020 programme, Dr Paul Courtright

Estimated burden of eye disease in leprosy patients living in leprosy villages/colonies in Africa, Caleb Mpyet

Eye in MDT 1983 - 2004, Experience in India, Muthiah Arokia Rajan

Estimated burden of eye disease in leprosy patients in Africa among newly diagnosed patients, Dr. Hemed Kilima

Guidelines for the management of eye disease in leprosy and integration into general eye-care services, Dr Paul Courtright

Disability grading for the eyes in leprosy, Dr Hemed Kilima

Research

Initiative for diagnostic and epidemiological assays for leprosy (IDEAL), Patrick Brennen

Clinical response to cyclosporine - a treatment in severe leprosy type I reaction in Ethiopia and Nepal, S. Marlow, Dr. Ruth Leekasa et al

Severity of ENL in Luanda Angola, Dr Alice Miette Sicato

Evaluation of efficacy of fixed duration MDT with newer antileprosy bactericidal drugs in MB leprosy, Dr Binod K. Khaitan et al

Evaluation de la PCT accompaneé dans le traitement de la lepre à Madagascar, ---

Prevalence of HIV infection among leprosy patients attending the national tuberculosis and leprosy training centre, Zaria-Nigeria and its affiliated clinics, Dr. T. T. Mohammed, Dr. Y. M. Olumide

Sensory testing: Does reducing the number of test sites from 10 points to 4 points result in reactions being missed? J. B. Ebenso et al

Double relapses after treatment with Rifampicin-containing regimens among multi-bacillary leprosy patients, Dr. Samba O. Sow et al

Comparison of two methods of leprosy case finding in the district of Kita, Mali, Dr Samba O. Sow, Alexandre Tiendrébéogo et al

Dépistage actif versus passif - PCT à supervision mensuelle versus PCT souple et accompagnée, ------

Prevention of Disabilities - Rehabilitation

The experience of ENAELP Ethiopia, Ms. Birke Nigatu, (Powerpoint presentation 1.7 MB)

Prevention of disability in leprosy affected persons - suggestions for some strategies, Keynote address, Dr. H. Srinivasan (1Descriptive  & 2Presentation)

Issues related to integration of rehabilitation activities related to leprosy in CBR programmes, Dr. Sunil Deepak, M. V. Jose, Jayanth Kumar, (1Descriptive & 2Presentation)

Introduction to symposium on community-based rehabilitation, Dr Wim Von Brakel 

Role of self-help groups CBR of people affected by leprosy, Ms. Jannine Ebenso

A key to success in CBR - designing an appropriate programme, Dr Dennis Byamungu

The participation scale - measuring a key concept in public health, Dr. Wim Von Brakel, Alison M. Anderson et al

Training

Training leprosy workers to diagnose leprosy early, Dr. Ruth Leekassa

ALERT's international training agenda for 2005 and beyond, Dr. S. A. R. Krishnan

Networking leprosy training centres in Africa to sustain capacity building, Dr. S. A. R. Krishnan

Training programmes aiming at decentralising and integrating leprosy surgery into general health care systems, Dr. Roland Kazen et al

Rehabilitation surgery training programme in Tanzania, Dr. E. B. M. Mwandu

Planning national level leprosy training for the integration of TB-L control in general health services, Dr. Paul Saunderson

Leprosy control

Reaching the unreached - the uneven distribution of leprosy cases in Tanzania, Dr. B. F. Njako

Analyse de la situation de la lutte contre la lepre au Mali, Dr. Mamadou Sidibé

La lepre au Niger - tendance epidemiolgique 1986-2004, Dr Moussa Mamadou

Résultats de la mise à jour des registres des malades au Cameroun, Dr. Nsom Mba Charles

La lepre en Angola, Dr. Conceiçao Palma

Ameloration de la qualite de services de lutte antileprause sue la cote sud-est de Madagascar, Dr. Arthur --

Intensification de la lutte contre la lepre dans le district du Haut Katanga, province de Katanga, R. D. Congo, Dr. Jean Pierre Mukeba et al

La mise a jour des registres a Madagascar Déc. 2002 à Déc. 2003, Dr. Samuel Hermas Andrianariosa et al

Projet d'intensification de l'elimination de la lepre dans la Pr. O. (D. R. Congo), Dr. V. Arakayo et al

Projet d'intensification de l'elimination de la lepre dans le Tanganika, Dr. P. Kapami et al

Quality improvement of leprosy control activities within integrated settings, Dr. Joseph H. Kawuma

Recherche des cas cachés - strategie de l'OMS, ------

Résultats du depistage actif dans le SSD de Mahajanga II (Madagascar), Dr Samuel Hermas Andrianarisoa et al

Introduction to Symposium on reaching the unreached, Dr. J. Kawuma

Leprosy elimination - Tamilnadu shows the way, M. Ramani

Elimination de la lepre - dans la region africaine de l'OMS, Dr. Bidé

Etat d'avancement du programme d'elimination de la lepre en R. D. Congo, Dr. J. N. Mputu

Future policies for chemotherapy of leprosy, Dr. V. Pannikar

Evolution de la situation lepre et perspectives -  Madagascar, Dr. Vololoarinosinjatoro M. Monique

Introduction - Symposium sur les aspects operationnels du depistage et du traitement de la lepre, Dr Jean Pierre Brechet e Dr. Alexandre Tiendrebeogo

Issues related to chemotherapy of leprosy, Dr. Bao Hong Ji

Lepre urbaine - cas d'Antananarivo - Madagascar, Ratrimoarivony C. et al

Detection of hidden cases of leprosy in D. R. of Congo, Dr J. N. Mputu Luengu-B

Apport des relais communautaires dans l'amelioration du depistage de nouveaux cas de lepre en R. D. Congo, Dr. J. N. Mputu L. B.

Activites de renforcement apres elimination nationale de la lepre au Benin, Dr Idrissou Abjibade

Situation de l'endémie lépreuse au Congo Brazzaville, Dr Damas Obvala

Working together for a world without leprosy - ILEP, Dr. Sunil Deepak, (Powerpoint presentation, 2.7 MB)

 

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