Publishing technical guidance on leprosy
WHO publishes guides and tools to support translation of WHO recommendations into practice. These resources are intended for use by national programmes and partners to support planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating activities to further reduce the leprosy burden.
In recent years, WHO has published the following guidance documents: A guide for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in leprosy (2017); Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leprosy (2018), which was developed based on the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach; and Technical guidance on the management of reactions and prevention of disabilities (2020). In the near future, technical guidance will be issued on contact tracing and post-exposure prophylaxis. All these documents are available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.