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Á¦¸ñ Epidemiological Survey of Leprosy in Endemic Areas
ÀúÀÚ Kim, Poong Myung#, Noussitou F.M## ¼Ò¼Ó Assitant Professor of Dermatology, Han Yang University, School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea#,The WHO Consultant to Korean Leprosy Control Program##
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¿ä¾à Leprosy is believed to have existed in Korea since the 13th century. The nation-wide
leprosy control program practically commenced in 1967 by she Government with
establishmend of 9 governmental and 3 voluntary mobile teams covering 103 counties
(Gun) in 6 provinces. At each Gun Health Center, a leprosy case worker was appointed
to control home patient management as wel1 as to institute a program of new case
detection. The present population of the Republic of Korea is 31,438,768. The total
population in rural areas covered by the field programme is 14,318,965 out of 18,451,126
in 6 provinces (the population of the urban areas (Cities) were excluded from the
project). There are 34,055 registered cases in the whole of Korea :
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