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National Anti-Leprosy Day 2023
India is fighting hard to eliminate leprosy. The country has set a target of eliminating the disease completely by 2027. The set target is three years ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. To aid the fight against Leprosy in the country and to create awareness about the disease India is marking National Anti–Leprosy ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: AMR • leprosy • Leprosy Elimination • National Leprosy Eradication Program • Sustainable Development Goals
International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, 2021
M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Vice President on 13th April 2022 has conferred the International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, 2021 to Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust, Gujarat, and Dr. Bhushan Kumar of Chandigarh in New Delhi. Overview: It is an annual award that is instituted by the Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation. The Vice President also urged the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: leprosy
World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
The World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is celebrated on January 30. The day is marked to create awareness on the neglected tropical diseases. Theme In 2022, the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day is celebrated under the following theme: Achieving health equity to end the neglect of poverty related diseases History The first World Neglected Tropical ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Buruli ulcer • Chagas disease • Chickengunya • Dengue • Filariasis • Leishmaniasis • leprosy • Lymphatic filariasis • Neglected Tropical Disease • Poverty • Rabies • Snakebite • Snakebite Envenoming • Trypanosomatida • UAE • World Health Assembly (WHA) • World Health Organization (WHO) • World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day
New Leprosy Cases during 2020-21 in India
Though India was declared “leprosy-free” in 2005, it still accounts for around 60 per cent of world’s new leprosy patients. Key Points According to data of ‘National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Jharkhand contributed around 76 per cent of new leprosy World Health Organization (WHO) data shows that, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: leprosy • Leprosy in India
World Leprosy Day
Every year, the World Leprosy Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of January. This year, the day was celebrated on January 30, 2022. It is marked by the World Health Organization and also by several other international organizations. The day aims to create awareness about the disease. It calls to end leprosy related discrimination. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: leprosy • Mahatma Gandhi • National Leprosy Eradication Program • World Health Organisation (WHO) • World Leprosy Day
Anti-Leprosy Drug Trials started by CSIR against COVID-19
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has started the trials of anti-leprosy drug trials against COVID-19. The drug trial is to be conducted with the help of Mycobacterium MW. Highlights The Mycobacterium MW is a heat killed bacteria. It is to be tried on different COVID-19 patients. The drug trial was approved by the ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: AIIMS • Clinical trials • COVID-19 • CSIR • ICMR • leprosy • Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Pharmaceuticals Sector