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Leprosy screening- Development of Easy-to-Use and Affordable Epidermal Screening Device [ESD] for community health workers

Last Updated on 2020-03-27
CSR

CSR ID: 10073

India is said to have achieved elimination of leprosy at the national level in 2005. However, the reality is that the country is a long way from actually achieving this. Official data show that in 2017, India along with Brazil and Indonesia were the only countries where more than 10,000 new cases were reported per year. For 2017, 135,485 out of the 204,686 new leprosy cases detected - a staggering 66 percent. In other words, two out of every three new global leprosy cases are detected in India. Another major concern is the proportion of children among new leprosy cases. While the proportion of child cases in 2017 was 8.7 percent at the national level, it is more than 10 percent in 10 StatesorUTs across the country. Indias challenges in leprosy include low detection, high level of concentration of the disease in already marginalised population groups, and the patchy implementation of the detection and treatment programme. These problems are compounded by emerging challenges like Antimicrobial Resistance [AMR] which, beginning in the 1980s, had resulted in leprosy monotherapy being replaced by combined treatment. Meanwhile, a first-ever comprehensive global study explored the status of AMR in leprosy across countries and found alarming patterns about India. India is one of the three countries— besides Brazil and Indonesia—where cases with resistance to more than one drug was identified. [Reference- Leprosy and Inequities in Indias Healthcare- Beyond the Persistent Rhetoric of ‘Elimination- OOMMEN C. KURIAN]

Project Impact

To promote and facilitate early detection of Leprosy in the communities through innovative technology facilitating existing efforts of mass education, awareness initiatives and free treatment.

Project Snapshot
  • Sector
    CSR
  • Sub-Sector
    Technology Incubators
  • CSR Sub-Sector Brief
    Technology De-risking
Funding Details
  • Funding Requirement (in USD)
    94,305 
  • Funding Status
    Partially funded
Project Location| Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal India
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West Bengal, Paschim Medinipur

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