Table 1 Periods for which the effort or effectiveness of diagnosis may have varied in Thailand, corresponds to parameters fitted
From: Back-calculating the incidence of infection of leprosy in a Bayesian framework
Diagnosis year, d | Why |
|---|---|
d < 1972 | In 1971 leprosy treatment moved into general health-care services |
1972 ≤ d < 1977 | On-going training of health-care workers, so possible loss of effectiveness |
1977 ≤ d < 1984 | In 1984 WHO introduced multidrug therapy (MDT), so this period uses general health-care services but no MDT |
1984 ≤ d < 1992 | Both general health-care services and treatment by MDT |
1992 ≤ d < 2001 | 1991: global target set of 1 new case per 10,000 of population by 2000 |
d ≥ 2001 | Past the cut-off for the global target, possible change in effort |