Community-Based Intervention for Active Detection and Provision of Single-Dose Rifampicin Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Household Contacts of Leprosy in Bolivia.
Abundio Baptista MoraNimer Ortuno GutierrezDeisy Zurita PaniaguaCarlos Hurtado SolaresAnil FastenauChrista KasangPublished in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease (2024)
A community-based intervention was successful in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Misbeliefs and a lack of knowledge were identified as barriers. Programmatic components should be reinforced for SDR-PEP extension.