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The yearly leprosy consciousness run volition beryllium held from January 30 to February 13, said Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian.
Taking portion successful a gathering of the State-Coordination Committee for Eradication of Leprosy astatine the department’s bureau successful Mangalagiri connected Thursday, Mr. Veerapandian unveiled posters for the campaign. The authorities is pursuing each guidelines successful enactment with the Union government’s model to marque the State leprosy-free, helium said.
Awareness programmes would beryllium undertaken to region misconceptions astir the disease. Essay penning and elocution competitions would beryllium organised for schoolhouse children crossed the State.
Grama sabhas volition beryllium organised to rise consciousness among the publlic and those who person recovered from leprosy would stock their journeys.
The State reported 1,824 caller cases successful the 2025-26 fiscal year, with Vizianagaram and Parvathipuram-Manyam reporting the highest numbers of cases—241 and 91, respectively.
These 2 are among the 121 districts crossed India successful which much than 1 leprosy lawsuit per 10,000 colonisation is reported.
In 2024-25, the State recorded 2,589 leprosy cases and had a prevalence complaint of 0.48 cases per 10,000 population. The nationalist prevalence complaint successful the aforesaid twelvemonth stood astatine 0.57 cases per 10,000 population.
Medicines are disposable escaped of outgo astatine each authorities hospitals, she said, adding that depending connected the severity of the disease, the authorities provides a pension of ₹6,000 per period to the patients.
