• First report published as Technical Report Series No. 71 in 1954. • Second report published as Technical Report Series No. 189 in 1960. • Third report published as Technical Report Series No. 319 in 1966. • Fourth report published as Technical Report Series No. 459 in 1970. • Fifth report published as Technical Report Series No. 607 in 1977. • Sixth report published as Technical Report Series No. 768 in 1988. • Seventh report published as Technical Report Series No. 874 in 1998. They concluded that a single dose of a combination of
rifampicin,
ofloxacin and
minocycline is an acceptable and cost-effective alternative regimen for the treatment of single-lesion paucibacillary leprosy and the duration of the standard regimen for multibacillary leprosy could be shortened to 12 months. • Eighth report published as in 2012. ==References==