National Leprosy Eradication Program

National Leprosy Eradication Program is a health scheme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to eradicate leprosy in India.[1] It was launched in 1983 as a continuation of the National Leprosy Control Program of 1955.[2]

  1. ^ Mittal, B. N. (1991). "The national leprosy eradication programme in India". World Health Statistics Quarterly. 44 (1): 23–29. ISSN 0379-8070. PMID 2068822.
  2. ^ "National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP)". nlep.nic.in. Government of India. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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