Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC): An Approach to Accelerate Progress to Achieve Leprosy Free India

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorKarotia, Den_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-10T01:22:16Z
dc.date.available2020-04-10T01:22:16Z
dc.date.issued2019-06
dc.description.abstractThe Elimination of Leprosy at National level was achieved in the month of December, 2005, by India. Afterward it was observed that trend of two important indicators of NLEP i.e. Annual New Case Detection Rate (ANCDR) and Prevalence Rate (PR) are almost static since 2005–2006, whereas the percentage of Grade II disability (G2D) amongst new cases detected showed a rising trend, which indicated delayed detection of cases and quantum of cases lying undetected/ hidden in the community. Hence, in order to address the issues being faced by programme an innovative approach for hidden case detection i.e., Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) was introduced by Central Leprosy Division (CLD), Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt of India. This novel concept is first of its kind in the world as it has various unique features i.e., institutional framework at various administrative levels for planning, implementation and concurrent review of LCDC, formulation and training of search teams, Micro plan preparation, IEC activities, supervision and monitoring by identified supervisors and report submission. The activity was piloted in the limited areas of 50 districts of 7 states during March-April 2016 and in September, 2016 it was expanded to 163 districts of 20 States/ UTs to cover around 360 million population. During 2017, it was implemented in 255 districts of 23 States/ UTs to cover population of around 390 million. These efforts have yielded the desired result which is evident from the fact that approximately 67000 new leprosy cases were detected during the LCDCs in these 2 years (2016-17 & 2017-18) and number of G2D cases per million population also declined by more than 25%, from 4.48 cases per million in 2014-15 to 3.34 cases per million in 2017-18. In addition to the above, the benefits achieved through LCDCs are generation of large number of trained manpower who can suspect, identify leprosy cases and can carry out focussed IEC regarding leprosy.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDr Anil Kumar, Deputy Director General (Leprosy)en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDr Rupali Roy, Deputy Assistant Director General (Leprosy)en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDeepika Karotia, National Consultant (Public Health)en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsCentral Leprosy Division, Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt of India, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110011, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationKumar A, Roy R, Karotia D. Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC): An Approach to Accelerate Progress to Achieve Leprosy Free India. Indian Journal of Leprosy. 2019 Jun; 91(2): 125-137en_US
dc.identifier.issn0254-9395
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/195041
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherHind Kusht Nivaran Sangh (Indian Leprosy Association)en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume91en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.ijl.org.in/apr-jun-2019.htmlen_US
dc.subjectLeprosy Case Detection Campaignen_US
dc.subjectLCDCen_US
dc.subjectGrade II Disabilityen_US
dc.subjectG2Den_US
dc.subjectNLEPen_US
dc.subjectLeprosy Indiaen_US
dc.subjectLeprosy Innovationsen_US
dc.titleLeprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC): An Approach to Accelerate Progress to Achieve Leprosy Free Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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