The World Health Organization (WHO) will on Thursday launch a plan to combat 20 diseases that affect the world's poorest people, seeking to prevent recent progress being erased by the impact of ...

As the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, resources are being sucked away from the fight against a host of debilitating ...

The government remains fully committed to supporting all national efforts aimed at reducing the risk of leprosy, improving ...

Currently, 390 leprosy patients are being treated in Raigad District in Maharashtra. A total of 1,995 health teams and 375 ...

IT was that old building that caught my attention during my first visit to the island in 2011. “Culion, Palawan. Postal Code 5315.” It stood in the middle of a plaza, and I imagined how the people of ...

The Maharashtra government has made leprosy a notifiable disease, mandating doctors to report cases to aid in timely ...

The Maharashtra government on Saturday announced that leprosy would be treated as a 'notifiable disease,' making it now ...

Every new leprosy case must be reported within two weeks to the district health office, Assistant Director of Health Services, leprosy and local public health officials, as per a Maharashtra ...

In a major boost to fight leprosy, the Maharashtra government on Saturday declared that the chronic infectious condition is a ...

Maharashtra declares leprosy a notifiable disease, mandating reporting by healthcare providers to enhance detection and prevent disabilities. | Mumbai news ...

Mumbai: To check the spread of the infectious bacterial disease leprosy, state govt on Saturday declared it a notifiable ...