四川省1984～1988年的麻风防治情况

Leprosy Control Work during 1984—1988 in Sichuan Province

四川目前是全国麻风病人最多的省,病人主要分布于边远山区,工作条件非常艰苦。自1982年开始社会防治以来,采取综合性措施:建立麻风专业机构,加强人员培训,大力开展宣传,实行承包制,改行社会防治,采用联合化疗,使治疗与康复相结合,已使现症病人由1983年的11864名减至1988年的637名,减少了46.8％,年平均递减率为12％;患病率由0.12‰降至0.06‰,下降了50％,年平均递降率为13％;高流行县由27个减为10个,减少了63％;1984～1988年共治愈6222人,发现新病人2762人。工作中尚存在许多薄弱环节,要基本消灭麻风尚需作艰苦的努力。

Sichuan is the province with the most patients suffering from leprosy in China at present and most out of the patients live in remote mountain regions where work conditions for leprosy control are very hard. Since the beginning of leprosy control in 1982 with comprehensive mea- sures which include establishment of specific institutions, training of staff. launching health education. putting the contract system of leprosy control in practice and presenting treatment by MDT at home combining with rehabilitation, the number of patients has reduced from 11, 864 in 1983 to 6, 307 in 1988 with decreasing progressively by 12% each year, the prevalence rate decreased from 0.12 per mil to 0.06 per mil at th same time with progressively declining rate of 13% and the number of counties with higher endemicity of leprosy has decreased from 2 to 10. In the period of 1984——1988. 6,222 cases of leprosy have been cured and 2,762 new cases found. The authors pointed out that there still are many difficulties on the road to basic eradi- cation of leprosy in Sichuan,and there- fore it will still need to go on striving hard.