Nepalese team back from global meet on leprosy

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KATHMANDU, Feb. 9: Minister for Health Dr. Upendra Devkota returned here today after taking part in the third meeting of the Global Alliances for Elimination of Leprosy held in Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, from February 6 to 8.As the World Health Organisation (WHO) had set 2005 as the deadline for wiping out leprosy from the world, HMG has also set the same target date for eliminating it from Nepal.

Replying to queries posed by journalists upon arrival here, Minister Devkota said that the elimination of this disease can be certified only if there is less than one leprosy patient in every l0,000 population.
At present there are three leprosy patients in the country for every l0,000 population.

Delegates from l2 countries of South and South-East Asia including Nepal participated in the conference.

Director General of the Department of Health Services Dr. Laxmi Raj Pathak and Director of the Leprosy Prevention Division Dr. Joy Prasad Baral were the other members of the Nepalese delegation.

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