Bhadrapur, Jan. 27: Two in every ten thousand population in Jhapa district have been found carrying the leprosy disease.

KARACHI, Jan 26: Health experts have said that 80 per cent of all fresh leprosy cases in the country are reported from Sindh, including 30-40 per cent from Karachi, and blamed mobility of populatio

WHO panel proposed treaty requires all governments to share cost

India supports a proposed legally binding global instrument that requires all governments to share the cost of research and development (R&D). The treaty, recommended by a World Health Organisation panel, will boost access to countries least able to pay for medical innovations but need it most. This would also delink profits from medical discoveries.

Thirteen drug companies, the governments of the United States, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lions Club and other smaller charitab

Western Province records the highest number (42 percent) of leprosy patients in the country. The second highest number of leprosy patients (13 percent) is recorded from the Eastern Province.

AIZAWL, Feb 1: The State Health Department in a statement issued on the Anti-Leprosy Day today said Mizoram is marching ahead towards total eradication of leprosy. Mizoram on Saturday observed the 62nd Anti-Leprosy Day along with the rest of the country to mark the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

The government, finally on Tuesday officially declared the elimination of leprosy, once a major public health problem in the country. With this declaration, Nepal has become one of the countries to achieve this universal goal.

In 1999, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000.