TY - JOUR
AU - Kumar A
AU - Karotia D
AB - India is the country with the highest burden of leprosy in the world. In 2015–16 because new case detection remained persistent and the rate of Grade 2 Disability (G2D) in new cases was rising, new initiatives to promote early case detection were developed. The new measures and the indicators being used to monitor progress towards the goal of a leprosy free India are described.
BT - Leprosy review
DO - 10.47276/lr.91.2.145
IS - 2
LA - eng
N2 - India is the country with the highest burden of leprosy in the world. In 2015–16 because new case detection remained persistent and the rate of Grade 2 Disability (G2D) in new cases was rising, new initiatives to promote early case detection were developed. The new measures and the indicators being used to monitor progress towards the goal of a leprosy free India are described.
PB - Lepra
PY - 2020
SP - 145
EP - 154
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Accelerating towards a Leprosy Free India through innovative approaches in the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), India
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/91/2/20-0005
VL - 91
SN - 2162-8807
ER -