Prevalence and risk factors for disability in leprosy patients in Indonesia during the post-elimination era.

1-3 According to the Indonesian Ministry of Health, the prevalence rate of leprosy in Indonesia had decreased, but from 2001 to 2019 there had been an increasing trend of leprosy cases with grade 2 disabilities, with a proportion above 10%. 4 Disability assessment in leprosy patients is a very important factor in the evaluation of the effectiveness of a leprosy elimination program.

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Looking at the number of patients each year, there was a decreasing trend in the number of patients from 2016 to 2022 ( Figure 1 ).

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