Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for collective efforts to eliminate the treatable disease of leprosy from the country. In a message on the eve of anti-leprosy day, Mr. Modi said, the country needs to work together for socio-economic upliftment of the cured persons. <br/><br/>He stressed the need to ensure that these citizens lead a life with dignity as Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of. Mr. Modi said, the effort to eliminate leprosy under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's vision. <br/><br/>He recalled that this programme was launched way back in 1955 and although the case detection rate has marginally come down, visible deformity at the time of diagnosis has increased. <br/><br/>Prime Minister mentioned that a three-pronged strategy for early detection of leprosy cases was introduced last year under the National Health Mission. A special Leprosy Case Detection Campaign was also carried out and as a result, more than 32,000 cases were confirmed and put on treatment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for collective efforts to eliminate the treatable disease of leprosy from the country. <br/><br/>In a message on the eve of anti-leprosy day, Mr. Modi said, the country needs to work together for socio-economic upliftment of the cured persons. <br/><br/>He stressed the need to ensure that these citizens lead a life with dignity as Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of. Mr. Modi said, the effort to eliminate leprosy under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's vision. <br/><br/>He recalled that this programme was launched way back in 1955 and although the case detection rate has marginally come down, visible deformity at the time of diagnosis has increased. <br/><br/>Prime Minister mentioned that a three-pronged strategy for early detection of leprosy cases was introduced last year under the National Health Mission. <br/><br/>A special Leprosy Case Detection Campaign was also carried out and as a result, more than 32,000 cases were confirmed and put on treatment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for collective efforts to eliminate the treatable disease of leprosy from the country. <br/><br/>In a message on the eve of anti-leprosy day, Mr. Modi said, the country needs to work together for socio-economic upliftment of the cured persons. <br/><br/>He stressed the need to ensure that these citizens lead a life with dignity as Mahatma Gandhi dreamt of Mr. Modi said, the effort to eliminate leprosy under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's vision. <br/><br/>He recalled that this programme was launched way back in 1955 and although the case detection rate has marginally come down, visible deformity at the time of diagnosis has increased. <br/><br/>Prime Minister mentioned that a three-pronged strategy for early detection of leprosy cases was introduced last year under the National Health Mission. <br/><br/>A special Leprosy Case Detection Campaign was also carried out and as a result, more than 32,000 cases were confirmed and put on treatment.