Experiences on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Control in Imposed Iran-Iraq War 1980–1988

摘要

About 12 million people are infected with leishmaniasis in 98 countries (1–2). Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is distributed worldwide in particular in tropical and semi-tropical countries (3). It was well controlled during imposed war Iraq against Iran 1980–1988 by Iran Ministry of Health with collaboration of Iranian army and Islamic Revolutionary Guards corps and their health care providers (4–5).