Kathmandu, Bagmati Province – On the occasion of the 70th World Leprosy Day 2023, the Ministry of Health and Population launched the National Leprosy Strategy and Action Plan (2021-25), aligning with the Global Leprosy Strategy (2021-30) and National Roadmap for Zero Leprosy (2021-30). The strategy, developed with support from WHO, envisions a leprosy-free Nepal, and aims to achieve elimination of leprosy defined as interruption of transmission (zero new autochthonous child leprosy cases for consecutive five years at the municipality level).
National Leprosy Strategy launched
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