Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has said, the country will be free of leprosy this year and Kala-azar by next year. Talking to reporters at Ballia in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, Mr Nadda said, mortality rate in India has decreased and referred to a World Health Organisation report to stress that tetanus and some other diseases concerning children are well under control. <br />''<br />''The Minister said Uttar Pradesh has taken a big leap ahead in the health sector because of various schemes launched by the Central government.<br />''<br />