Burden of Leprosy Disabilities in Rural India

Leprosy Mailing List – March 27th, 2008

Ref.: Burden of Leprosy Disabilities in Rural India
From: Kawuma H J, Jinja, Uganda

Dear Dr. Noto,

I refer to Dr Ganapati’s message dated LML Feb 19 2008. I was not able to listen to Dr. Ganapati's presentation during the ILC.
Answers the following 2 questions might help to clarify issues on my part:
1.
What is the situation with active leprosy cases in that setting? I would be interested in both the magnitude and the trend.
2.What type of services are provided for other people with disabilities that are not leprosy related? Is it that the human rights issue in this setting is leprosy specific?

Best regards,
H Joseph Kawuma
GLRA, Uganda