Slide Series, Bangladesh 1990: "Leprosy - the old scourge" - No. 15: Woman receiving medicine. With the new medicine available within the last 10 years, we have got an effective instrument in the battle against the dreadful disease. Still the treatment takes at least 6 months for patients with a high resistance, and at least 24 months, if they have a low or none resistance. The modern combination therapy consists of 3 medicaments, and is very effective in making the patients non-infective. By now the big challenge of the leprosy work is to use the medicine responsibly – not giving the bacilli possibility to develop resistance. Thus we have a chance to control the disease. However, it will still require a lot of effort and take a considerable number of years.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-93838
- Dates
- 1990
- Format
- Photographs
- Place Discussed
- Asia Bangladesh Thakurgaon Nilphamari
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Bangladesh
- Reference
- imp-dan-DM_283.jpg
- Rights
- CC Attribution (CC BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Må bruges med kildeangivelse: Danmission Photo Archive / Should be used with source reference: Danmission Photo Archive. Danmission Strandagervej 24, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact the Danmission. Information is available at http://danmission.dk danmission@danmission.dk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/8d3ce4516d49abde2c07b8e00d74eee5