A/HRC/10/62 page 5 Azerbaijan [Original: English] [27 October 2008] 7. Azerbaijan has devoted political and financial support to the elimination of discrimination against registered leprosy patients and their family members in order to protect their human rights. In Azerbaijan, it was reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) provided patients with medicines for treatment. Public awareness campaigns were available through the media, patient care institutions and other publications. In recent years, there has been recognition of the rights of those affected by leprosy to have access to free treatment, education and work, as well as to receive State compensation. Each patient who had undergone a cure was provided with a one-time financial package, as well as with a job and private dwelling by the local executive power. Canada [Original: English] [26 September 2008] 8. The Canadian International Development Agency provided some modest primary care-related intervention in the area of leprosy but did not have any human rights-related programming addressing the discrimination faced by persons living with leprosy. Costa Rica [Original: Spanish] [August 2008] 9. Costa Rica had taken steps since 1974 to eliminate discrimination against persons affected by leprosy, ever since it introduced ambulatory treatment without confinement and public education campaigns to combat discrimination. From 1990 to 1997, Costa Rica achieved a prevalence rate of minus one case per 10,000 inhabitants. In 2002, the commitments to eliminating the disease by 2005 were strengthened by various protocols and public health measures, the re-instauration of epidemiological vigilance and the strengthening of capacities for health professionals. Costa Rica was currently compliant with WHO standards and all patients received diagnosis and treatment through the national social security system. Cuba [Original: Spanish] [29 September 2008] 10. Cuba addressed the link between poverty and diseases such as leprosy, and the existing inequality in access to health services and resources, particularly in countries in the southern hemisphere. Since 1962, Cuba has linked a programme on prevention and control of leprosy with sensitization of the population about the human rights of persons affected by the disease. The Cuban public health system was universal, free to all, decentralized, accessible and provided diagnosis and treatment for leprosy everywhere in the country. Multi-drug treatment was donated