About LeprosyObjectives of Celebrating Anti-Leprosy Day
- It is celebrated to understand real need to fight against leprosy.
- To raise awareness about the disease
- To offer help to those affected by disease through regular and free of cost treatment they need
- To make diseased persons psychologically strong and help them to cope up with physical impairments of skin sores and nerve damage
- To ascertain that all affected persons are getting the necessary treatment, rehabilitation and care or not
- To estimate marked decrease or increase in rate of spread of disease
India՚s success story in Eliminating Leprosy
- 1955: National Leprosy Control Programme launched
- 1983: National Leprosy Eradication Programme launched
- 1983: Introduction of Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT)
- 2005: Elimination of leprosy at the national level was achieved on 31 December 2005.
- 2012: Special action plan for 209 high endemic districts in 16 States⟋UTs launched
- 2016: A three-pronged strategy for early detection of leprosy cases in the community was introduced under the National Health Mission.
- 2016: A special Leprosy Case Detection Campaign was launched. As a result, more than 32000 cases were confirmed and were put on treatment.
✍Examrace Team at Aug 27, 2021