Letters to the Editor: Footwear for farmers affected by leprosy

摘要

We recently reported on a study of footwear carried out at ALERT which showed that commercially produced canvas shoes are accost-effective method of achieving ulcer healing and/or preventing new ulcers in anaesthetic feet, and are readily accepted y leprosy patients. We have subsequently carried out a study to compare two commercially available types of footwear for use by farmers. One was the canvas shoe, made by the Ethiopian canvas shoe factory, used in the previous study.