Leprosy elimination campaign in a metropolitan leprosy project, Bombay, India

摘要

The global strategy of eliminating leprosy as a public health problem by the end of this century is primarily dependent on detection of untreated hidden leprosy patients, especially those with leprosy of consequence, and curing them with MDT. To unearth such cases rapidly, WHO recommended a leprosy elimination campaign(LEC)through community involvement. The National Leprosy Eradication Programme(NLEP)India initiated a country-wide LEC during 1998 after the initial experience in Tamil Nadu in 1997.