Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Leprosy raises its ugly head in Maharashtra again
Published: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 15:44 IST
By Alifiya Khan | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA
Enjoying the status of being leprosy-free since 2005, Maharashtra is once more in the grip of the disease.
For the first time in six years, Maharashtra?s leprosy prevalence rate has jumped to 1.07 per 10,000 persons. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the upper limit for declaring an area with leprosy ?under control?, the incidence has to be less than one in 10,000.
However, the annual statistics collated by the state leprosy department has brought to light that the ratio is much higher than this limit. Not just that, the new case detection rate (NCDR) of leprosy in the state has jumped to 15.59 per lakh population; the same was around 10 per lakh population during 2006-07.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report_leprosy-raises-its-ugly-head-in-maharashtra-again_1685231
Published: Sunday, May 6, 2012, 15:44 IST
By Alifiya Khan | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA
Enjoying the status of being leprosy-free since 2005, Maharashtra is once more in the grip of the disease.
For the first time in six years, Maharashtra?s leprosy prevalence rate has jumped to 1.07 per 10,000 persons. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the upper limit for declaring an area with leprosy ?under control?, the incidence has to be less than one in 10,000.
However, the annual statistics collated by the state leprosy department has brought to light that the ratio is much higher than this limit. Not just that, the new case detection rate (NCDR) of leprosy in the state has jumped to 15.59 per lakh population; the same was around 10 per lakh population during 2006-07.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/pune/report_leprosy-raises-its-ugly-head-in-maharashtra-again_1685231