Impact of a Reference Center on Leprosy Control under a Decentralized Public Health Care Policy in Brazil

Reorientation of the public health policies in Brazil over the last 20 years in association with a stable rate of new-case detection prompted the establishment of a decentralized leprosy control strategy. The aim was to move from a vertical model associated with general dermatological services to on...

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Main Authors: Barbieri, Raquel Rodrigues, Sales, Anna Maria, Hacker, Mariana Andrea, Nery, José Augusto da Costa, Duppre, Nádia Cristina, Machado, Alice de Miranda, Moraes, Milton Ozório, Sarno, Euzenir Nunes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061346/