Dimapur, March 3 (MExN): A brief programme on Anti-Leprosy Day was observed on March 2 at DC Conference Hall, Dimapur and for conducting ‘Sparsh Leprosy awareness campaign’ in Dimapur.
As per the press note received here, Dr. Yanbo Kithan, ZLO Dimapur informed that Dimapur District being a commercial hub and the gate-way of the State has the highest Leprosy patients and new Leprosy case detection in the State.
Although Nagaland State happened to be the first State in the country to have achieved Leprosy Eliminated State in the year 1998, he cited, however, “due to the fact that there were numbers of migrant population, the prevalence rate of Leprosy in Dimapur District has now increased well above the eliminated rate i.e. 1/10,000 population.”
He therefore stated that for this reason, among 163 Districts covering 20 States in the country, Dimapur District has been short-listed for conducting Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) with Control Room at Urban Leprosy Clinic Dimapur under NLEP.
Dr. Kithan further informed the general public that any skin patches with sensory loss may contact Urban Leprosy Clinic under Chief Medical Officer Dimapur for free check-up and treatment.
During the programme, Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur along with participants took the Anti-Leprosy PLDGE and to work together and fulfil the dream of Mahatma Gandhi to create Leprosy free India in the near future. Yhome also urged upon all to give their best effort to conduct mass awareness on anti-leprosy campaign and identify suspected cases at war-footing step in order to eradicate Leprosy.
