Health officials attribute resurgence to a decline in vigilance under the leprosy eradication programme, after cases dropped sharply following intensive intervention in the mid-2000s, and increased migration. Health department will conduct a two-week door-to-door survey from January 7 as part of the ‘Aswamedham 7.0’ campaign under the slogan “Let’s check the patches, protect health
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