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    Rural campaign to diagnose and treat mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Bolivia.
    (National Institutes of Health, 1995) Jean-Pierre Dedet; R Melogno; Fernando Cárdenas; L Valda; C. David; Victoria Gallardo; M Torrez; L. Dimier-David; Philippe Lyèvre; M E Villareal
    Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is endemic in the tropical Amazonian lowlands of Bolivia, an area that regularly receives influxes of migratory populations. In these new agricultural development areas, a campaign to diagnose and treat the disease was carried out between 1989 and 1992, in order to provide direct access to MCL treatment in the endemic areas at a standard equivalent to that offered in the urban centres in Bolivia. The campaign led to the creation of decentralized local centres for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. A campaign to inform the population about leishmaniasis was also undertaken and courses were run to educate medical and paramedical personnel. As a result of the campaign, 3285 cases of leishmaniasis were diagnosed, including 2152 cutaneous and 326 mucosal forms. Also, a total of 1888 cases were treated, 1677 of which cutaneous and 211, mucosal.