Article: List of participants--GoI/ICMR/WHO workshop at Mahabalipuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.(Government of India)(Indian Council of Medical Research)(World Health Organization)(Brief article)

Article: BOMB SCARE IN SHILLONG
The Hindustan Times;  September 25, 2006 ;     298 words ... ... SHILLONG, Sept 25 -- The Directorate of Health Service (DHS) was evacuated today after a bomb scare. A Laloo, State Leprosy Officer first raised the alarm and called the police, after she detected an abandoned briefcase inside her chamber ...

Article: Rs 5000 to BPL leprosy patients for corrective surgery
The Hindustan Times;  April 11, 2008 ;     506 words ... ... eradicated, if number of leprosy patients comes down one in every 10,000 population. Joint director (leprosy) and state leprosy officer, UP, Dr Shantimal Singhavi said the focus of leprosy control programme was to 'prevent disability' in leprosy ...

Article: India poised to eliminate leprosy
The Hindustan Times;  January 29, 2006 ;     645 words ... ... attaining leprosy elimination in a few months' time and this will be a major health milestone," S.K. Bhaghotia, state leprosy officer, Delhi, told IANS. He, however, said there was a need to create social awareness to ensure that patients ...

Article: An observation of leprosy situation in Surat district from 2001 ...
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... NLEP. Leprosy Training Module for Medical Officers, State Leprosy Cell, Commissionerate of Health, Medical Services and ... Government Medical College, Surat V Tripathi:District Leprosy Officer, District Leprosy Office, Surat Mahendra Patel:Medical ...

Article: Inter-school quiz on leprosy held
The Hindustan Times;  February 15, 2006 ;     344 words ... ... while teams of Canyon HS School and Royal Public School stood second and third respectively. Dr Meenakshi Tandon, District Leprosy Officer Dr K C Raikawar, Dr Bhatnagar, school principal Pratibha Gurjar and others were also present. The Hindustan Times is ...

Article: Cured leprosy patients to fight stigma
The Hindustan Times;  November 17, 2006 ;     455 words ... ... create awareness among the masses about the disease and how the affected can lead a normal life," said B.B. Singh, a leprosy officer. The 'Lok Doots' cite their own examples to show how they are back to normal life and are staying with their families ...

Article: Ang's calling is social work
New Straits Times;  June 14, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... soonest possible." Quite simply, it means that as soon as MaLRA closes shop, leprosy has pretty much been eradicated in the State. Leprosy victims face social stigma and it has been tremendously difficult to have them introduced back in to society, as such they ...