Leprosy
Mailing List, April 11th, 2008
Ref.: The burden of
leprosy in Bolivia (see attachment)
From: Villarreal Olaya M. E.,
La Paz, Bolivia
Dear Dr. Noto,
Thank you for circulating the attached paper on the LML. It is about the current
situation of leprosy in my country Bolivia, which borders with Brazil.
Until the year 2006, in Bolivia were detected about
100 new cases of leprosy per year.
In 2007 were carried out field campaigns in order to detect
leprosy on the basis of symptomatic skin lesions. The campaigns were conducted
in two Departments only, namely Beni and Pando. Their outcome was the
registration of 404 new cases in 1 year; from March 2007 to February
2008.
With the objective of working actively in the
control of the leprosy, we hope to arrive with this message to
organizations that can help us to continue working in the leprosy
endemic areas of Bolivia.
Yours sincerely.
Dra. Maria Esther Villarreal Olaya
Dermatologist in charge of the National Leprosy Programme
La Paz, Bolivia
Email: mevo1108@hotmail.com
