HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEPROSY CONTROL IN NIGERIA

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Authors

  • Tochukwu Okeke University of Abuja
  • Ignatius Uche Nwankwo Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Keywords:

Leprosy, medical perception, social perception, self-perception

Abstract

The word ‘Leprosy’ was derived from a Greek word ‘Lepros’ which means scaly (Ezekpeazu, 2000). Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH, 2004) defined leprosy as a chronic, infectious disease that mainly affects the skin, peripheral nerves and mucous membrane of upper respiratory tract caused by Mycobacterium leprae.

Author Biographies

Tochukwu Okeke, University of Abuja

Department of History

Ignatius Uche Nwankwo, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria

Department of Sociology/Anthropology

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Published

2018-07-09

How to Cite

Okeke, T., & Nwankwo, I. U. (2018). HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LEPROSY CONTROL IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS. International Journal of Health and Social Inquiry, 1(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/IJHSI/article/view/113

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Articles