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65% new global leprosy cases from India
Kounteya Sinha, TNN | Aug 6, 2011, 01.30AM IST
NEW DELHI: India, which has supposed to have eliminated leprosy seven years ago, still records the highest number of fresh cases globally.
According to the World Health Organization, 65% of all new cases of leprosy globally are from India.
The Union health ministry's latest data shows that between April, 2010, and March, 2011, India recorded 126 , 800 fresh cases of leprosy of which 12, 463 were children under the age of 15. Around 4,000 of these patients had disabilities due to leprosy.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...rosy-cases-from-India/articleshow/9499477.cms
Kounteya Sinha, TNN | Aug 6, 2011, 01.30AM IST
NEW DELHI: India, which has supposed to have eliminated leprosy seven years ago, still records the highest number of fresh cases globally.
According to the World Health Organization, 65% of all new cases of leprosy globally are from India.
The Union health ministry's latest data shows that between April, 2010, and March, 2011, India recorded 126 , 800 fresh cases of leprosy of which 12, 463 were children under the age of 15. Around 4,000 of these patients had disabilities due to leprosy.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...rosy-cases-from-India/articleshow/9499477.cms