Leprosy currently affects approximately a quarter of a million people throughout the world, with the majority of these cases being reported from India.[1]
India is a signatory of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). India is currently running one of the largest leprosy eradication program in the world, the National Leprosy Eradication Program (NLEP). Despite this, 120,000 to 130,000 new cases of leprosy are reported every year in India. This is 58.8% of the global total of new cases.[2]
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- ^ Sengupta, Utpal (Spring 2018). "Elimination of Leprosy in India: An Analysis". Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 84 (2): 131–136. doi:10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_1070_16. PMID 29451189.