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  Leprosy-Free Future by 2027? Doctor explains how early diagnosis and treatment can help

  Health | February 05, 2024 17:04 IST

  By 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 16:35 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 | January 31, 2022 13:56 IST

  Every 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 | November 08, 2013 16:36 IST

  Shillong: 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