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- Title
Recording of leprosy cases in India: Need for a user-friendly and effective app.
- Authors
Bahunuthula, Rakesh; Varala, Sirisha; Rao, P; Suneetha, Sujai
- Abstract
Need for Strategies to Improve Capture Leprosy Data Across India Nikusth is presently being used more as an online application for developing a database of leprosy patients. India, despite achieving the status of leprosy elimination at the national level in December 2005, accounted for 58% of new cases reported globally for 2019-2020, with 114,451 new cases being detected during this period.[[1]] India has the highest leprosy burden in the world and is among the 22 "global priority countries" that contribute 95% of the total cases of leprosy worldwide.[[2]] Children accounted for 6.86% of the total cases.
- Subjects
INDIA; HANSEN'S disease; MEDICAL personnel; PDF (Computer file format); HEALTH information systems
- Publication
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 6, p697
- ISSN
2229-5178
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/idoj.idoj_245_22