WHO verifies Chile's elimination of leprosy
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WHO verified that Chile has eliminated leprosy, making it the first country in the Americas and the second globally to receive WHO verification after reporting no locally acquired cases since 1993.
Why it matters
Chile must maintain leprosy as a notifiable condition, sustain integrated surveillance, and preserve clinical readiness to prevent re-establishment of local transmission. Other countries in the region seeking WHO recognition will need comparable long-term absence of local cases and robust surveillance documentation.
Implications
- • Chile's Ministry of Health's epidemiology and surveillance units must continue mandatory case reporting and maintain integrated surveillance and clinical readiness for leprosy.
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