Educational Conferences on Leprosy: Experiences from a Non-government Hospital in Paraguay | Zendy

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Educational Conferences on Leprosy: Experiences from a Non-government Hospital in Paraguay

Author(s) -

Cheryl A. Wiens,

Abram J.D. Friesen

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

leprosy review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 2162-8807

pISSN - 0305-7518

DOI - 10.47276/lr.73.1.82

Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , government (linguistics) , family medicine , dermatology , philosophy , linguistics

The Hospital Mennonita Km 81 is located in the oriental region of Paraguay and has been dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of leprosy patients since 1951. It is a non-government hospital offering physical, social and spiritual help, whilst also educating leading members of society (college directors, teachers, trainers, nurses, pastors, professors and others) in order to reduce stigma and acquaint them with basic information about this disease. Many educational conferences have been held between July 1997 and August 1999, with the participation of 1017 people. At the outset, participants were shown an 8-min ®lm with general information on diagnosis, treatment, complications and rehabilitation. They then ®lled out a ®rst questionnaire with the following main headings:

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