Leprosy in post-elimination era in India: Difficult journey ahead

Leprosy is a chronic inflammatory disease of skin and peripheral nerves. Elimination of leprosy as a public health problem was reached at the global level in the year 2000 and by India on 31 st December, 2005. Thereafter, leprosy services in India have been integrated with General Health-Care System...

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Main Authors: Archana Singal (Author), Sidharth Sonthalia (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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