What is it about?
Because leprosy patches are painless and slow progressing people seek care late in the stage of disease. So it will be helpful to health system if house to house active search for leprosy patients are made twice or trice in a year.
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Why is it important?
358 newly diagnosed leprosy patients were found in 6 day of active search. MB and Child proportion was also notable.
Perspectives
Peoples awareness about the symptoms and attitude towards seeking health care early in the stage of disease is very important for success of any health programme. Without community participation this would not have been possible.
Dr Lipy Krishnakumar Shukla
Baroda Medical College
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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of the effect of Block Level Awareness Campaign on performance indicators of National Leprosy Elimination Program in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India, Indian Journal of Dermatology Venereology and Leprology, January 2015, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.154793.
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