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01Sep2018

Stigma and increase of leprosy cases in SouthEast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

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Ramadhan Tosepu1, Joko Gunawan2, Devi Savitri Effendy1, Fitri Rachmillah Fadmi3

  1. Faculty of Public Health, University of Halu Oleo Kendari, Indonesia.
  2. Akademi Keperawatan Pemerintah Kabupaten Belitung, Indonesia
  3. Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Mandala Waluya Kendari, Indonesia

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i1.5

Cite as: Tosepu R, Gunawan J, Effendy DS, Fadmi FR. Stigma and increase of leprosy cases in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. Afri Health Sci 2018;18(1):29-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v18i1.5

 

Dear Editor,

 

Leprosy remains an important health issue. The disease is characterised by a chronic granulomatous infection of the skin and peripheral nerves caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The disease is classified into two, namely paucibacillary (PB) or multibacillary (MB) leprosy. PB leprosy is a milder form of disease, characterized by several (ie, up to five) hypopigmented, pale and reddish lesions, and hypo- or anesthetic lesions. MB leprosy is associated with

 several skin lesions that manifest as nodules, plaques, or diffuse skin infiltration1-3.

Globally, India, Brazil, and Indonesia are the three countries with scattered populations reporting over 10,000 (81%) of new patients each year, which indicated that the world is demanded to make a great progress towards the goal of eliminating leprosy4. In this short article, the authors report the leprocy cases in SouthEast Sulawesi province as the highest case of leprosy in Indonesia.

 

In 2015, the prevalence of leprosy in the province was1.25 / 10.000 population, with new 275 cases of MB leprosy and 28 new cases of PB leprocy (see Figure 1)5. The spread of the disease is present in all districts in the province of SouthEast Sulawesi (see Figure 2). This condition however resulted in great stress on the community due to the stigma in the province.

Correspondence author:

Ramadhan Tosepu,

Faculty of Public Health, University of Halu Oleo Kendari, Indonesia.

Email: adhan_lpmi@yahoo.co.id
African

Health Sciences

 © 2018 Tosepu

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