Integration of leprosy elimination into primary health care in orissa, India.

Integration of leprosy elimination into primary health care in orissa, India.

BACKGROUND: Leprosy was eliminated as a public health problem (<1 case per 10,000) in India by December 2005. With this target in sight the need for a separate vertical programme was diminished. The second phase of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme was therefore initiated: decentralisati...

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Main Authors: M Ruby Siddiqui, Nageswara Rao Velidi, Surendra Pati, Nilambar Rath, Akshay K Kanungo, Amiya K Bhanjadeo, Bandaru Bhaskar Rao, Bijaya M Ojha, Kodyur Krishna Moorthy, Douglas Soutar, John D H Porter, Pemmaraju V Ranganadha Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2791232?pdf=render

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