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Saturday, August 6, 2011

65% new global leprosy cases from India
NEW DELHI: India, which has supposed to have eliminated leprosy seven years ago, still records the highest number of fresh cases globally.
According to the World Health Organization, 65% of all new cases of leprosy globally are from India.
The Union health ministry's latest data shows that between April, 2010, and March, 2011, India recorded 126 , 800 fresh cases of leprosy of which 12, 463 were children under the age of 15. Around 4,000 of these patients had disabilities due to leprosy.
The ministry on Thursday called a meeting of all states to discuss these high numbers. Though most of India eliminated the disease in 2005 (elimination is less than 1 case per 10,000), as many as 209 districts still record more than 10 cases per 10,000, which is tremendously high. These districts are mainly in Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Dadar & Nagar Haveli.
Posted by Sangeeta Narang at 8:09 AM

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