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July 24, 2026BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Unveiling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on quality indicators of leprosy services in Brazil: an ecological study

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CSCarlos Dornels Freire de SouzaMMMelina MachadoAFAna Carolina Furtado Ferreira

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Ecological study quantifies the impact of COVID-19 on leprosy service quality in Brazil, highlighting significant declines.

Key Points

  • This study aims to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on leprosy service quality indicators in Brazil during 2020 and 2021.
  • Ecological study design focusing on quality indicators for leprosy services.
  • Analyzed data from 3 indicators: physical disability assessment, contact examination, and cure rate.
  • Compared values from 2020 and 2021 with expected values based on the pre-pandemic period (2015-2019).
  • Quality indicators for leprosy services in Brazil were rated regular (≥ 75% and < 90%) during the study period.
  • Physical disability assessment showed a drop in countries with > 90% from 11 to 7 (2020) and 9 (2021).
  • Only three states achieved > 90% for contact examination in 2020, and one in 2021; similar trends for the cure rate.

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Souza et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a62ffef395161722cd150b5https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-15172-z
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