Abstract:
The study was carried out with the intention of describing the progress made by NLEP in India over decades. The study is a retrospective record based study based on data published by NLEP in National and state level reports as well as data pub- lished in WHO bulletin. There was decline in new cases of lep- rosy detected yearly. The prevalence rate has dropped from 4.2 in 2002 to 0.68 per 10000 in 20121.The proportion of chil- dren among new cases in year 2011-12 was which was 9.7% .Patients with visible deformity were 3%.1. On final day of 2005, India achieved its goal of elimination of leprosy as a pub- lic health problem.2
