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KINSHASA, Republic of the Congo, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Officials report increasing numbers of leprosy cases have been recorded in the Congo as health agents reach areas previously cut off by a five-year war.
The annual report for 2002, published by the National Anti-leprosy Programme, shows that 5,055 new cases of leprosy had been detected, compared to 4,624 in 2001, the U.N.'s Integrated Regional Information Networks reported Wednesday.
The program's director, Dr. Luenga Mputu, said that figures for the number of people contracting the disease could climb dramatically as health authorities gain access to areas previously inaccessible.
"We think that we could even double or triple the figures that we have," he said.
Mputu's office has started to seek increased state and donor funding so it could cover the entire country and attain the national goal of eliminating the disease by 2005.
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