Leprosy Cases In India
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Leprosy-Free Future by 2027? Doctor explains how early diagnosis and treatment can help
Health | Feb 05, 2024, 05:04 PM ISTBy prioritising timely care, India can break the chains of leprosy transmission, improve patient outcomes, and ultimately realise its goal of eradicating leprosy by 2027.
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Leprosy In India: How does this affect the life of people mentally and physically?
Health | May 24, 2023, 04:35 PM IST"Leprosy patients still face the same stigma that society has made them feel since biblical times. Ostracization, being treated as cursed, and restraints on employment are rampant."
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World Leprosy Day 2022: Stigma, ostracisation still haunt patients in India
India | Jan 31, 2022, 01:56 PM ISTEvery year, World Leprosy Day is observed on January 30 to celebrate people who have experienced leprosy, raise awareness of the disease, and call for an end to leprosy-related stigma and discrimination.
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747 new leprosy cases in NE region, Centre worried
India | Nov 08, 2013, 04:36 PM ISTShillong: The Centre has expressed concern at re-emergence of leprosy cases in certain pockets of the eighth North Eastern states which have reported 747 new cases.Except four districts of Assam which recorded higher prevalence of