BACKGROUND:
LEPRA Society works for restoring health, hope and dignity in people affected by diseases, which worsen by poverty such as leprosy, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. LEPRA Society is a non-government organisation. without religious and political affiliations. LEPRA Society (India) was established in Hyderabad in 1988, as a partner of LEPRA UK, to serve the needs of people affected by leprosy.
LEPRA Society focused specifically on supporting the government of India’s National Leprosy Eradication Program (NLEP) in Andhra Pradesh. Leprosy control activities were carried out according to a Survey, Education and Treatment (SET) strategy in which identifying all patients living in an area, by means of case finding methods like mass, contact and school surveys, and treating them with multi-drug therapy (MDT) was the prime objective. Later operations were extended to other areas of Andhra Pradesh and other Indian states including Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. |
