Conquering leprosy-achievements of national leprosy eradication programme with experience at national and state level

Kollur, Lata Radhakrishna

dc.contributor.author	Kollur, Lata Radhakrishna
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-26T11:09:19Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-26T11:09:19Z
dc.date.issued	2014-10
dc.identifier.citation	National Journal of Community Medicine. 2014 Oct–Dec; 5 (4): 490-494.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0970-8928
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/784
dc.description.abstract	The study was carried out with the intention of describing the progress made by NLEP in India over decades. The study is a retrospective record based study based on data published by NLEP in National and state level reports as well as data pub- lished in WHO bulletin. There was decline in new cases of lep- rosy detected yearly. The prevalence rate has dropped from 4.2 in 2002 to 0.68 per 10000 in 20121.The proportion of chil- dren among new cases in year 2011-12 was which was 9.7% .Patients with visible deformity were 3%.1. On final day of 2005, India achieved its goal of elimination of leprosy as a pub- lic health problem.2	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Official Publication of National Association of Community Medicine	en_US
dc.subject	National leprosy eradication programme	en_US
dc.subject	Leprosy	en_US
dc.title	Conquering leprosy-achievements of national leprosy eradication programme with experience at national and state level	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US