Abstract
Leprosy has been prevalent in India for a very long time. To control the prevalence rate (PR) of leprosy in India, Government of India (GOI) launched “National Leprosy Control Programme (NLCP)” with Dapsone monotherapy in 1955. The PR in 1983 was 57/10000 population. In 1983 GOI launched “National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP)” with "Multi Drug Treatment (MDT)”. PR came down to <1/10000 population in 2005. World Health Organization (WHO) declared leprosy was eliminated from India in 2005. Clinicians all over India are diagnosing leprosy cases and treating them. Multi Bacillary (MB) and Pauci Bacillary (PB) cases are commonly detected. Detection of new cases reminds us that transmission of leprosy is still active in the community. We are reporting a case of leprosy. Keywords: GOI, NLCP, NLEP, MDT, WHO, MB, PB
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