W Cairns S Smith, Alison Anderson, Stephen G Withington, Wim H. van Brakel et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether addition of low dose prednisolone to multidrug treatment can prevent reaction and nerve function impairment in leprosy. DESIGN: Multicentre, double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, parallel group trial. SETTING: Six centres in Bangladesh and Nepal. PARTICIPANTS:...
Jan Hendrik Richardus, Stephen G Withington, Alison Anderson, RICHARD P. CROFT et al.
Some leprosy patients with long-standing nerve function impairment (NFI) appear to have responded favourably to treatment with corticosteroids. This study investigated whether patients with untreated NFI between 6 and 24 months duration and who are given standard regimen corticosteroid therapy, will...
Wim H. van Brakel, Alison Anderson, Stephen G Withington, RICHARD P. CROFT et al.
This study was designed to investigate whether leprosy patients diagnosed with mild sensory impairment have a better prognosis when treated with steroids than similarly impaired patients treated with placebo. A multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted in Nepal a...
Jan Hendrik Richardus, Stephen G Withington, Alison Anderson, RICHARD P. CROFT et al.
Reactions in leprosy causing nerve function impairment (NFI) are increasingly treated with standardized regimens of corticosteroids, often under field conditions. Safety concerns led to an assessment of adverse events of corticosteroids, based on data of three trials studying prevention of NFI (the ...
Duane C. Hinders, Anneke T. Taal, Suchitra Lisam, Aymée M. da Rocha et al.
BACKGROUND: Leprosy is an infectious disease with a slow decline in global annual caseload in the past two decades. Active case finding and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with a single dose of rifampicin (SDR) are recommended by the World Health Organization as measures for leprosy elimination. How...
Duane C. Hinders, Anneke T. Taal, Suchitra Lisam, Aymée M. da Rocha et al.
Abstract Background Leprosy is an infectious disease with a slow decline in global annual caseload in the past two decades. Active case finding and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) with a single dose of rifampicin (SDR) are recommended by the World Health Organization as measures for leprosy eliminat...
Noortje P M Lubbers, Reshma Parvin Nuri, Wim H. van Brakel, Huib Cornielje
Disability, CBR and Inclusive Development aims to enhance knowledge in the field of disability and inclusive development, addressing the needs of practitioners, policy makers, DPOs and the scientific community.
Abu Sufian Chowdhury, Abhijit Saha, Johan Chandra Roy, Tanjum Ara Haque et al.
Abstract Leprosy control requires early diagnosis, effective treatment and reduced stigma, yet community knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in endemic settings remain poorly described. We assessed baseline leprosy-related KAP among key stakeholder groups in northwest Bangladesh. A community-ba...
Noortje P M Lubbers, Reshma Parvin Nuri, Wim H. van Brakel, Huib Cornielje
Purpose: To identify factors influencing the sexual health of women with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Bangladesh. Methods: This study used both qualitative and quantitative methods. The quantitative part used a case-control design. Cases were women with SCI and controls were age-matched women without...