Vital drugs that should be in the country after the delay of the year

People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get vital medicines for the first time in the year from this weekend, the World Health Organization said.

The country, which reported more than 2000 new cases a year, ended in part because after the introduction of new drug rules were expelled.

The WHO said he asked Nigeria to raise his new testing policy, and he expects drugs to arrive from India on Sunday.

The leprosy is cured with a combination of various antibiotics, but if they are not treated, the health of patients may deteriorate ulcers and nerve damage that causes deformation.

Treatment can last from six to 12 months.

But because of the lack of drugs in Nigeria, patients were sent home from hospitals. As the drugs suppress the transmission, it increases the risk of the disease.

D -Relica himself, health care expert and medical advisor at the Nigerian Provision Branch, emphasized the urgent need for medicines.

“We have thousands of recently diagnosed patients with leprosy in different cities that are just waiting for this drug,” he said BBC.

“The sooner we (drugs) are, the better, because at present these people are suffering, their transfer is ongoing because they are not treated,” said the D -Mchelysis.

Reuters news agency talked to one woman at a hospital in Nasarov, who stated that her condition had deteriorated significantly because she could not seize a combination of drugs.

All Awwal Musa’s fingers were clawed and her feet threw out manure. “By last year, my wounds were healed, but now they are getting worse. The pain is even worse,” said Ms. Musa.

Nerve damage can be irreversible.

Nigeria’s drug management has introduced new rules of drugs aimed at combating the importation of counterfeit and non -standard drugs.

In recent years, several medicines have been recalled for non -compliance with safety standards.

But new measures have influenced the presence of major treatments, including leprosy.