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Odisha: Leprosy makes comeback due to apathy, fund cut - OrissaPOST

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By Debadurllav Harichandan, OP Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: At a time when the Centre has set an ambitious target of eliminating leprosy from India – “Leprosy-Mukt Bharat” – by 2027, the disease is showing no sign of subsiding in Odisha which has recorded 8,396 cases in 2023-24 as compared to 6,148 in 2020-21. Making things worse, funding from the Union government has declined between 2022-23 and 2024-25, thereby making the fight against the chronic bac…
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Orissa POST broke the news in on Monday, February 24, 2025.
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