3,298 matches out of all 3,298, 3,031 to 3,060 displayed.
| 1969 | MakogaiThe leprosarium was closed. [Leprosarium] [Fiji] |
| 1970 | In the late 1970s, widespread resistance to dapsone was noted, making it ineffective when it was prescribed alone. [Treatment] |
| 1970 | From January 12-30, 1970, the WHO SE Regional Seminar was held at Aska. [Other] [India] |
| 1970 | On May 2, 1970, the Orissa Government formed the State Leprosy Advisory Committee. [Other] [India] |
| 1970 | "From the 1950s to the 1970s, the epidemiological situation for leprosy in China was quite serious. In order to detect and treat patients in a short period of time, the professional leprosy staff working with the PHC health workers conducted crash campaigns using detection, survey and screeing methods. General surveys were carried out in endemic areas, at the same time, and importance was given to clinical surveys, contqact examinations, and school surveys. Most of the cases were detected and treated as a consequence." (Professor Yin Dakui, Vice Minister of Health, the People's Republic of China, "Achievements and Prospect on Leprosy Prevention and Control in China", September 7, 1998, Bejing) [Epidemiology] [China] |
| 1970 | From the 1970s onward, as the prevalence and incidence of leprosy declined, some leprosy villages were closed or small villages within one county were combined. As a result, the number of villages were reduced to 114, and later, to 80 in the 1980s. (Chen Shumin, Liu Dingchang, Liu Bing, Zhang Lin and Yu Xioulu, "Role of Leprosy Villages and Leprosaria in Shandong Province, People's Republic of China: Past, Present and Future" Leprosy Review74 (2003): 222-8.) [Other] [China] |
| 1970 | 1970's - Captain Robert R. Hastings, MD, PhD, USPHS, defines the role of thalidomide in leprosy and becomes the editor of the International Journal of Leprosy. Thalidomide is supplied by the USPHS-Carville for Hansen's disease patients in the United States and Canada only. Because of these early studies, millions of future patients may be spared crippling deformity and intense suffering (Daughters of Charity, West Central Province Archives, “Record Group 11-2, Records of the National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Carville, Louisiana, Marillac Provincialate, St. Louis, Missouri”) [Treatment, People] [Carville, North America] |
| 1970 | Thane District, Maharashtra, India: Between 1970 and 1974, 2,915 patients were treated in sixteen centres run by the Zilla Parishad. Source: Maharashtra State Gazetteer: Government of Maharashtra Thane District (Revised Edition). Bombay: Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra, 1982. 1st edn: 1882. 2nd edn (rev) 1982, p. 897. [Other] [India] |
| 1970 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1970, Dr Devriz, the regional director of WHO for South-East Asia visited and again the institution was given publicity by the editor of the Samaj and the government made over money for repairs. [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1970 | FogoThe leprosarium on Fogo was unofficially re-opened by missionaries. A Loretti, and D Garbellini, 'Leprosy in the Cape Verde Islands', Leprosy Review (1981), 52: 337-48, p. 339. [Leprosarium] [Cape Verde] |
| 1970 | San AntâoThe leprosarium on Fogo was unofficially re-opened by missionaries. A Loretti, and D Garbellini, 'Leprosy in the Cape Verde Islands', Leprosy Review (1981), 52: 337-48, p. 339. [Leprosarium] [Cape Verde] |
| 1971 | Armadillo susceptible to disseminated infection with leprosy bacilli [Treatment] |
| 1971 | Leprosy Survey in the form of a School Survey started in Mumbai, initially in small pockets, subsequently convering all Municipal Schools and many private schools. (Bhatki, Report on Anti-Leprosy Activities in Mumbai, 4) [Other] [India] |
| 1971 | Inauguration of GREMALTES, the first organised Urban Leprosy Control Project in the world. Targets were fixed under NLEP (Dongre, ILA History Workshop, July 2000, 8) [Other] [India] |
| 1971 | Control Programme in India extended to more endemic areas including urban areas, and made performance oriented by giving targets for case detection and dapsone treatment. Programme made 100 per cent centrally funded. (Independent Evaluation of NLEP - June, 1955) [Treatment] [India] |
| 1971 | 1971 - Captain Robert R. Jacobson, MD, PhD, USPHS, pioneered work on drug resistance and its prevention by introducing Rifampin as part of the multidrug therapy for Hansen's disease in the United States. He has done extensive work with the World Health Organization in order to help eliminate HD as a public health problem worldwide. Dr. Jacobson became Director of the National Hansen's Disease Programs in 1992 and served in that capacity until his retirement in July 2000. (Daughters of Charity, West Central Province Archives, “Record Group 11-2, Records of the National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Carville, Louisiana, Marillac Provincialate, St. Louis, Missouri”) [Treatment, People] [Carville, North America] |
| 1971 | 1971 - Dr W F Kirchheimer, Research Scientist, develops the armadillo model as a tool for the development of systemic disease similar to human HD. M leprae has not been cultivated on artificial laboratory media to date (Daughters of Charity, West Central Province Archives, “Record Group 11-2, Records of the National Hansen’s Disease Programs, Carville, Louisiana, Marillac Provincialate, St. Louis, Missouri”) [Treatment] [Carville, North America] |
| 1971 | Cuttack Leper HospitalIn 1971, the asylum attracted more publicity, when the Samaj published an article on the "Problem of Leprosy" urging public support and prompting the government to request a report and a plan for rehabilitation (Jayadev Sahu, "One Hundred Years of Leprosy Work in Orissa 1885-1984" Unpublished thesis, 1989: 137) [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1972 | On April 30, 1972, R R Diwakar presided over a state seminar at Puri. [People] [India] |
| 1972 | A Leprosy Eradication project was initiated in Malta. This was based on Freerksen's trial which combined treatment with rifampicin, INH, prothionamide, and DDS. This medication was given for 2 years only to all patients. At resurvey after 4 years no cases of relapse were found. The Malta trial has served to confirm the importance of combined therapy which was initially suggested in 1962. Leprosy Archives: The Maltese Islands compiled by C Savona-Ventura, the Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands, the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, Malta, 2006, p.10) [Treatment] [Malta] |
| 1972 | 100 new cases diagnosed in the whole of the USSR. Source: S. G. Browne, "Leprosy in the Community", section on "Leprosy in the USSR", Lep Rev, 45 (1974): 79-80. [Epidemiology] [Russia] |
| 1972 | The WHO Guide to Leprosy Control (1966): 2808 registered cases of leprosy in Peru (0.24 per 1000) and 7000 estimated total cases (0.61 per 1000). Total population of Peru: 11,511,000. Cited by: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 198. [Epidemiology] [Peru] |
| 1972 | In every department in Peru there is a doctor who is appointed by the Ministry of Health in Lima to be responsible for campaigns against tuberculosis, leprosy and smallpox, and there is usually at least one senior medical assistant (auxiliary) with administrative, if not clinical, experience in these fields to assist him. It appears to be a matter of chance rather than design if these departmental doctors have had experience in, or are interested in, leprosy. Many of them commented that mountains, rivers, rains and bad roads made out-patient leprosy control a theoretical possibility in Lima, but an impossibility in their own areas. … Dapsone is the Ministry of Health standard drug' In his report to LEPRA, McDougall identified the most pressing need was that more Peruvian nationals be trained in leprosy control work. Source: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, p. 200. [Other] [Peru] |
| 1972 | An estimated 2.8 million leprosy patients worldwide were undergoing medical treatment. Source: 'News and Notes', International Journal of Leprosy, 44.3 (1976): 387. [Epidemiology] |
| 1972 | National Sanatorium Okinawa Airaku-en 国立療養所沖縄愛楽園The advances made in Okinawa were all erased when the administration of Okinawa reverted to Japan in 1972. With the return to Japanese administration, Okinawa too came under the jurisdiction of the (New) Leprosy Prevention Law, and elelven years of good work was terminated. (Ohtani 138) [Leprosarium] [Japan] |
| 1972 | St Joseph's Leprosy HospitalLeprosy Control Unit extended to cover an area of 2 160 square kilometres, with eleven sub-centres and twenty-eight roadside clincs. Leprosy Review, Sep 2000, 71.3 [Leprosarium] [India] |
| 1972 | Founded. Source: F A Cordero, [Leprosy in Guatamala 1982], Acta Leprol, 2.1 (1984): 19-37. [Leprosarium] |
| 1972 | The Ramiro Galvez LeprosariumFounded. Source: F A Cordero, [Leprosy in Guatemala 1982], Acta Leprol, 2.1 (1984): 19-37. [Leprosarium] [Guatemala] |
| 1972 | de GuíaIn 1972 it was the only Peruvian leprosarium that remained open to receive new patients. It was originally built to house plague sufferers. By 1972, it was in a state of disrepair, and its imminent closure was expected. Source: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 199. [Leprosarium] [Peru] |
| 1972 | San Pablo400 patients were still in residence, cared for jointly by Ministry of Health Staff and mission sisters. New patients were taken on as out-patient only. Source: Colin McDougall, 'Leprosy in Peru', Leprosy Review, 42 (1972): 197-202, at p. 199-200. [Leprosarium] [Peru] |