01424nas a2200205 4500000000100000008004100001260004100042653001100083653002700094653002000121653001800141653001500159100003100174700004100205245013100246856011000377300001100487050004000498520068000538 2009 d bWorld Health OrganizationaNew Delhi10aPolicy10aOperational guidelines10aLeprosy control10aInternational10aIndicators1 aWorld Health Organization 1 aRegional Office for South-East Asia 00aEnhanced global strategy for further reducing the disease burden due to leprosy (2011-2015): operational guidelines (updated). uhttp://www.wpro.who.int/philippines/areas/communicable_diseases/leprosy/who_global_strategy_2011_2015.pdf aXI, 70 aINFOLEP 130.2 WHO b, SEA-GLP-2009.43 a

The Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden due to Leprosy: 2011-2015 and the Updated Operational Guidelines were widely welcomed and endorsed. The overall goal is to provide access to quality leprosy services for all affected communities based on the principles of equity and social justice. These Updated Operational Guidelines seek to help managers of national health services to implement the Enhanced Global Strategy comprehensively in their own countries. This will be achieved by developing detailed national policies applicable to their own situation, and revise the National Manual for Leprosy Control in their respective countries.