Relevance of reporting leprosy related disability at the completion of multi drug therapy: A 5-year retrospective analysis of disability in persons affected by leprosy at ALERT Hospital Ethiopia

Abstract

Leprosy related G2D among newly diagnosed patient is not declining worldwide and even increasing in endemic regions like Ethiopia. More training should be given to health professionals in assessing disability. WHO should make some changes in the way it counts disability as the current definitions are prone to interpretation bias and lacks uniformity among various programmes and health workers. Prospective studies are needed in assessing disability progression post MDT so as design interventions and strategies in preventing worsening of disability after patients are discharged from treatment centre.