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NEW DELHI, January 30, 2013
Leprosy continues to haunt India, social stigma remains
Aarti Dhar
While India celebrates its near victory over polio, another dreaded disease, leprosy, that was overpowered in 2005 continues to haunt the government. Those affected by the disease continue to face social stigma and discrimination.
In addition to the 12,305 child cases detected during the past year, 16 States and Union Territories have also shown an increase in the number of cases.
Though in 2005 leprosy was eliminated (having less than 1 patient per 10,000 population), now it has the world?s highest burden of disease, accounting for close to 58 per cent of the cases in the world. A total of 1.27 lakh new cases were detected in 2011-12 which gives an Annual New Case Detection Rate (ANCDR) of 10.35 per 100,000 population, which is marginally less than that of 10.48 in 2010-11...
NEW DELHI, January 30, 2013
Leprosy continues to haunt India, social stigma remains
Aarti Dhar
While India celebrates its near victory over polio, another dreaded disease, leprosy, that was overpowered in 2005 continues to haunt the government. Those affected by the disease continue to face social stigma and discrimination.
In addition to the 12,305 child cases detected during the past year, 16 States and Union Territories have also shown an increase in the number of cases.
Though in 2005 leprosy was eliminated (having less than 1 patient per 10,000 population), now it has the world?s highest burden of disease, accounting for close to 58 per cent of the cases in the world. A total of 1.27 lakh new cases were detected in 2011-12 which gives an Annual New Case Detection Rate (ANCDR) of 10.35 per 100,000 population, which is marginally less than that of 10.48 in 2010-11...