WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy
Introduction '''WHO Expert Committee on Leprosy''' is constituted by World Health Organization to study the worldwide progress of Leprosy.
Reports * First report published as Technical Report Series No. 71 in 1954. * Second report published as Technical Report Series No. 189 in 1960. * Third report published as Technical Report Series No. 319 in 1966. * Fourth report published as Technical Report Series No. 459 in 1970. * Fifth report published as Technical Report Series No. 607 in 1977. * Sixth report published as Technical Report Series No. 768 in 1988. * Seventh report published as Technical Report Series No. 874 in 1998.They concluded that a single dose of a combination of rifampicin, ofloxacin and minocycline is an acceptable and cost-effective alternative regimen for the treatment of single-lesion paucibacillary leprosy and the duration of the standard regimen for multibacillary leprosy could be shortened to 12 months. * Eighth report published as  in 2012.
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