An eight-day Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) would be held from September 27 to October 6, excluding Sunday and Wednesday, in Ganjam district, informed Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) in a release.
Out of a total of 3,370 villages surveyed, 26 villages (0.77 %) were having continuous leprosy detection and 1,052 villages (31.21%) have inter-current case detection during the last first five years and the rest 2,318 villages (68 78%) didn’t not have leprosy cases. The CDMO said that all health functionaries from district to village-level would be provided training and intensified IEC activities would be held before and during the campaign.
Various important activities would be conducted before seven days and GKS meeting and awareness would be created among all the GKS members. House to house survey and physical examination of family members would be conducted.