http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Leprosy-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:54 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/cured-leprosy-patients-take-up-self-employment-113686-1.htm To sustain themselves they picked up the threads of their lives, scores of people from across the country who have been cured of leprosy have now taken up self-employment. On the occasion of World Leprosy Day Wednesday such people were awarded for deciding to live an independent life and economically supporting themselves. One of the awardees was the 'Swadharnagar Colony' in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, where a group of 25 enthusiastic men have taken to fitting tiles to earn a living. Another ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/cured-leprosy-patients-take-up-self-employment-113686-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/delhi-sees-decline-in-leprosy-rates-113368-1.htm Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia said that leprosy has been eliminated from the national capital as a public health problem, after a considerable drop in the prevalence rate of the disease. The rate has declined from 4.5 cases per 10,000 population in 2001, to 0.8 cases at present, Walia said. "As per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, when the number of leprosy patients come down below one case per 10,000 populations, the disease is said to have been eliminated as a public health problem," he said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/delhi-sees-decline-in-leprosy-rates-113368-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-bacteria-reprograms-cells-to-mature-into-different-cell-types-113167-1.htm Researchers have discovered that the bacterium that causes leprosy has the ability to reprogram cells to mature into different cell types. Scientists made this discovery when they sought to understand how leprosy spreads around the body. They found that the initial target of the leprosy bacterium - Mycobacterium leprae - is Schwann cells, which forms a part of the peripheral nervous system. The cells were found to completely cover the nerves in such a manner as to cut off the electric signals passing through....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-bacteria-reprograms-cells-to-mature-into-different-cell-types-113167-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-tricks-nervous-system-by-reprogramming-immune-cells-before-progressing-to-muscles-113095-1.htm A new study has shed light on how leprosy progresses to muscles and other tissues by revealing that it manages to trick the nervous system by reprogramming the key immune cells. Tests on mice show that the parasitic germ which causes the disfiguring disease is extraordinarily skilful in hijacking so-called Schwann cells, according to researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. These are fatty cells which wrap around nerves, acting as insulation to protect the electric signals that pass through the nerve strands....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-tricks-nervous-system-by-reprogramming-immune-cells-before-progressing-to-muscles-113095-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/who-ambassador-says-india-committed-to-curb-leprosy-106429-1.htm World Health Organisation's (WHO) Goodwill ambassador for leprosy Yohei Sasakawa has said that India is committed to curbing leprosy cases in the coming years and eliminating the stigma associated with the disease. Sasakawa, on a seven-day visit to India, met senior officials from the ministry of health and family welfare to discuss the country's projects on leprosy. "In a meeting with the health secretary, we discussed the twelfth five-year plan (2012-17) and work on leprosy. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/who-ambassador-says-india-committed-to-curb-leprosy-106429-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/incidence-of-leprosy-is-unacceptably-high-in-india-104855-1.htm Seven years after India was declared as leprosy free, the number of leprosy cases has shot up to 1, 26, 800, accounting for more than 55 percent of the total number of cases across the world. According to figures released by the International Leprosy Union (ILU) (India), there have been more than 2, 28, 474 cases of leprosy registered across the world in 2010 with more than 1, 26, 800 cases in India alone. The president of ILU (India) S D Gokhale said that it is time for both the central and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/incidence-of-leprosy-is-unacceptably-high-in-india-104855-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/breakthrough-for-t-cell-activation-in-leprosy-keyed-by-ucla-scientists-99361-1.htm UCLA researchers indentified a new mechanism that effectively triggers T-cells, the group of white blood cells that significantly contribute in fighting infections. Published March 25 online in INature Medicine/I, the team specifically studied how dendritic cells, immune cells located at the site of infection, become more specialized to fight the leprosy pathogen known as Mycobacterium leprae. Dendritic cells, like scouts in the field of a military operation, deliver key information about ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/breakthrough-for-t-cell-activation-in-leprosy-keyed-by-ucla-scientists-99361-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-incidence-in-india-reports-50-percent-and-counting-globally-98828-1.htm The Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday that India reports more than 50 percent of all leprosy cases worldwide. In a written statement, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said: "Out of 228,474 new leprosy cases detected worldwide in 2010, India contributed 126,800 cases, which is about 55.5 percent of global disease burden." He also said it is "not possible" to eradicate the disease from India. "It may not be possible to eradicate leprosy from the country in near future due to its long ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-incidence-in-india-reports-50-percent-and-counting-globally-98828-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-pathogen-eludes-vital-vitamin-d-dependent-immune-response-96867-1.htm The pathogen responsible for leprosy has an unusual ability to evade the human immune system by restraining the antimicrobial responses crucial to our defenses, reveals a new study. In one of the first laboratory studies of its kind, researchers discovered that the leprosy pathogen Mycobacterium leprae was able to reduce and evade immune activity that is dependent on vitamin D, a natural hormone that plays an essential role in the body's fight against infections. The pathogen manipulated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/leprosy-pathogen-eludes-vital-vitamin-d-dependent-immune-response-96867-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Calls-For-Urgent-Action-To-Stem-Leprosy-Spread-in-India-88756-1.htm Leprosy, the disfiguring disease, which was declared officially eliminated in India six years ago, has made a comeback with reports of its spread in poverty-stricken pockets of the country. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in India, Nata Menabde, told AFP in an interview that nearly a third of India's districts needed urgent attention to address the spread of new infections. "There are about 209 out of 640 districts where the number of new cases exceeds the WHO target of less than 10 new cases per 100,000," she said....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/WHO-Calls-For-Urgent-Action-To-Stem-Leprosy-Spread-in-India-88756-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Armadillos-Cause-Leprosy-84277-1.htm Leprosy or Hansen's disease may be passed onto humans by armadillos, found in the southern United States, claim researchers in a new study. Led by Richard Truman of the National Hansen's Disease Program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, researchers used DNA testing to prove that a strain of Mycobacterium leprae not found anywhere else in the world was present in 28 out of 33 wild armadillos and 25 out of 39 U.S. patients who lived in areas where the animals lived. The bacterium Mycobacterium leprae manifests ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Armadillos-Cause-Leprosy-84277-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Urban-Living-Responsible-for-Helping-Humans-Develop-Immunity-to-TB-Leprosy-74563-1.htm New research has revealed that a genetic variant which cuts the risk of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy is present among populations with long histories of urban living. The research, published in the journal IEvolution/I, shows that in areas with a long history of urban settlements, today's inhabitants are more likely to possess the genetic variant which provides resistance to infection. In ancient cities, poor sanitation and high population densities would have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Urban-Living-Responsible-for-Helping-Humans-Develop-Immunity-to-TB-Leprosy-74563-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Variant-may-Protect-Against-TB-and-Leprosy-65939-1.htm A new genetic variant which affects susceptibility to tuberculosis and leprosy has been identifed in a study into why some people are more resistant than others to these diseases. The findings, published today in the journal ICell/I, may have implications for future treatments for the two conditions. TB and leprosy, whilst seemingly very different diseases, are both caused by rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria known as mycobacteria; TB is caused by IM. tuberculosis/I; leprosy by IM. leprae/I....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Genetic-Variant-may-Protect-Against-TB-and-Leprosy-65939-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Nepal-Finally-Rids-Itself-Of-Leprosy-63952-1.htm Nepal's government announced on Wednesday that the country has finally rid itself of leprosy. This makes it one of the last nations to do so. The health ministry said Nepal had cut the number of leprosy patients to fewer than one in 10,000 of the population, the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard for declaring the disease eliminated. "The disease prevalence rate dropped to 0.89 per 10,000 people in November last year," said ministry official Sudha Sharma. "This is a remarkable achievement for Nepal's health sector....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Nepal-Finally-Rids-Itself-Of-Leprosy-63952-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/The-First-Ever-Proven-Case-of-Leprosy-Found-in-Israel-62426-1.htm The DNA of a shrouded man from the first century found in Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy, Israel's Hebrew university announced on Wednesday. The find is also the first of fragments of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in Jerusalem, the university said in a statement. Unlike the complex weave of the Turin Shroud, which many people believe wrapped the body of Christ, this one is made up of a simple two-way weave, according to textiles historian Orit Shamir....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/The-First-Ever-Proven-Case-of-Leprosy-Found-in-Israel-62426-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Susceptibility-Genes-Reported-in-Major-Study-62384-1.htm In the first genome-wide association study (GWAS) of leprosy and the largest GWAS on an infectious disease, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and 26 institutes in China identified seven genes that increase an individual's susceptibility to leprosy. The discovery of these genes, reported in the 16 Dec. 2009 INew England Journal of Medicine/I, highlights the important role of the innate immune response in the development of leprosy, said the scientists, who analyzed over ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Susceptibility-Genes-Reported-in-Major-Study-62384-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Oldest-Proof-of-Leprosy-Found-in-India-52053-1.htm A 4000-year-old skeleton has been discovered in India by scientists and archaeologists which is the earliest proof of the existence of leprosy. The skeleton represents both the earliest archaeological evidence for human infection with Mycobacterium leprae in the world and the first evidence for the disease in prehistoric India. Conducted by a collaborative team of Appalachian State University researchers, and a team of archaeologists from Deccan College (Pune, India), the study demonstrates ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Oldest-Proof-of-Leprosy-Found-in-India-52053-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Mumbai-Doctors-Fear-Rise-in-Leprosy-Cases-52040-1.htm Smita breaks down as she remembers the day she learned she had leprosy. "I felt really bad," she says, wiping away tears. "I didn't know what it was." The 42-year-old housewife was diagnosed with the disease in 2007 after discovering lesions on her face, knees and bottom. Then she began to lose sensation in her hands, making it difficult to eat, wash and cook. Smita, who asked that her real name not be used because of the stigma having leprosy still carries, lives in Mumbai, India's cosmopolitan financial and entertainment capital....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Mumbai-Doctors-Fear-Rise-in-Leprosy-Cases-52040-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Drug-Holds-Promise-for-Autoimmune-Diseases-Also-46998-1.htm Researchers have found that a very old drug that has till date been used to treat leprosy may also be effective in treating several autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. The old drug called clofazimine, made in the 1890s originally failed to treat tuberculosis but has worked well as an anti-leprosy medicine. "We never expected that an old antibiotic would hit this target that has been implicated in multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and type 1 diabetes," said Johns Hopkins pharmacologist Jun O....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Drug-Holds-Promise-for-Autoimmune-Diseases-Also-46998-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Senegalese-Centre-Strong-Witness-to-Africas-Will-to-Wipe-Out-Leprosy-46694-1.htm Senegal's sole leprosy clinic bears witness to the will of the world's poorest continent to wipe out a disfiguring disease that once struck terror in human hearts and spelt misery and excommunication. "We discovered his disease the moment he started school," says the mother of eight-year-old Cheikh. She spoke at Dakar's leprosy centre on the fringes of the capital's Fann hospital and university complex, ahead of World Leprosy Day on Sunday. Tucked away in a corner, the facility is serviced ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Senegalese-Centre-Strong-Witness-to-Africas-Will-to-Wipe-Out-Leprosy-46694-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Species-Of-Bacterium-That-Causes-Leprosy-Identified-44506-1.htm Through genetic analysis of a pair of lethal infections, scientists have identified a new species of bacterium that causes leprosy. The researchers named the new species Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Lead author Xiang-Yang Han, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor in Laboratory Medicine at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, said that the new discovery holds importance as all cases of leprosy previously had been thought to be caused by a single species of bacterium. "We have ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Species-Of-Bacterium-That-Causes-Leprosy-Identified-44506-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Still-Prevalent-in-US-43854-1.htm A new study has revealed that leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is still prevalent in the United States. "Approximately 150 cases are diagnosed each year with 3,000 people in the U.S. currently being treated for leprosy," says Dr. James Krahenbuhl, director of the Health Resources Service Administration's National Hansen's Disease Program (NHDP) in Baton Rouge, LA. "We believe there are more cases of leprosy not identified due to the lack of awareness about the disease among physicians in the U....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-Still-Prevalent-in-US-43854-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Bengal-Hit-With-Leprosy-38853-1.htm Despite the Left Front government's claim about a complete eradication of leprosy, there have been reports of a number of cases recently. Within the span of a year, the number of new leprosy patients has reached the incredible figure of 11,993, which includes over a thousand children. Deformation of limbs, which characterises the disease, is quite marked among a little over one thousand patients. The concerned districts include Purulia, West Midnapore, Bankura, North and South Dinajpur, Birbhum, Burdwan and Malda....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Bengal-Hit-With-Leprosy-38853-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/China-to-Build-Two-Specialized-Leprosy-Hospitals-in-Northwestern-Province-34336-1.htm China will build two specialized leprosy hospitals in the northwestern province of Qinghai, a region where the disease formerly prevailed, local health authorities said on Sunday. The hospitals, which would cost 4.8 million yuan (about 677,000 U.S. dollars), would improve medical services to leprosy patients, according to an official with the Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The hospitals would open this year. The Yushu and Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures, where the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/China-to-Build-Two-Specialized-Leprosy-Hospitals-in-Northwestern-Province-34336-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Leprosy-Day-32424-1.htm BI31SUPst/SUP January, 2008 /I/BBIMessala/I/BI: "Look for them in the Valley of the Lepers, if you can recognize them"./I BIJudah/I/BI: "I have just come from the Valley of Stone. My mother and sister live what's left of their lives. By Rome's will, lepers, outcasts without hope..". /I -I'Ben-Hu'r (the movie, 1959)/I On the fourth Sunday of each January, many pause to ponder on the scourge, that once haunted the world and, which continues to exist unshackled ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Leprosy-Day-32424-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-in-China-Under-Control-but-Not-Eradicated-State-Media-32303-1.htm China sees 1,600 new cases of leprosy each year and greater efforts are needed to completely eradicate the disfiguring disease, state media reported on Friday. China has made great progress against the disease in recent decades, cutting the number of patients with active leprosy to just 6,300 today from around half a million in 1949, the China Daily quoted the Health Ministry as saying. But the infectious disease is still present in more remote parts of the country, it quoted Pan Chunzhi, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Leprosy-in-China-Under-Control-but-Not-Eradicated-State-Media-32303-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/A-World-of-Colours-Beyond-Leprosys-Sting-27842-1.htm Their fingers are deformed but nothing can stop their paintbrushes. For the 27 artists of the Bindu Art School near Chengalpattu, painting is a medium that transports them to a world far removed from the social stigma of leprosy. The art school is lodged at the government leprosy colony in Bharatapuram in Chengalpattu district, some 55 km from Chennai. It is there that the artists - all of whom have been cured of leprosy - paint their hearts out. Carefully holding their brushes, which are ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/A-World-of-Colours-Beyond-Leprosys-Sting-27842-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Australian-PM-Wants-to-Prevent-Entry-of-HIV-Positive-and-Leprosy-Affected-People-21618-1.htm As opinion polls predict a major defeat for the ruling conservatives in Australian federal elections, Prime Minister John Howard is stepping up his rhetoric, projecting himself as a tough man, who would do anything to protect the interests of his electorate. Only last month he had kicked off a huge controversy with similar comments following reports that the number of newcomers carrying HIV into the state of Victoria had more than quadrupled in the past two years. Even then critics had pointed ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Australian-PM-Wants-to-Prevent-Entry-of-HIV-Positive-and-Leprosy-Affected-People-21618-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/IDRI-and-Chembio-to-Develop-Tests-for-Leishmaniasis-and-Leprosy-21509-1.htm The Seattle-based Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and Chembio Diagnostics, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CEMI) have entered into two research and development agreements for the development of rapid diagnostic tests for Leishmaniasis and Leprosy, two 'neglected diseases' targeted by IDRI. The tests will be developed by Chembio using Chembio's patented Dual Path immunoassay test platform (DPP(TM)) and will incorporate IDRI's proprietary antigens. In preliminary studies conducted during ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/IDRI-and-Chembio-to-Develop-Tests-for-Leishmaniasis-and-Leprosy-21509-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19634 India may be hailed as a leprosy-free zone by health administrators worldwide. But the bitter fact is that over a thousand and more are suffering from the terrifying disease. But public health efforts to treat them have been inadequate, many point out. And the stigma the disease carries with it makes the patients' lives completely miserable. Leprosy is an ancient, much feared disease. But although it is infectious and spreads like tuberculosis, it is very hard to catch. Still it is eminently curable....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=19634 http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Leprosy-Day-Easing-Pain-and-Giving-Hope-17934-1.htm bi'The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.' /i/b - Mother Teresa World Leprosy Day, which falls on 31st January 2007, is a day to increase public awareness about leprosy and to encourage the flow of funds, imperative to take the cause of bileprosy eradication/i/b, forward. The central theme of every 'World Leprosy Day', seeks to provide cure for the disease in leprosy endemic regions, and enable the patients to lead a life of dignity....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/World-Leprosy-Day-Easing-Pain-and-Giving-Hope-17934-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15984 Jharkhand is engaging people cured of leprosy to fight the stigma of the disease. According to official figures, the prevalence rate of leprosy in the state has fallen to 1.56 percent in 2005, from 14.7 percent in 2001. However, the 'Lok Doots' (Messenger of People), as the cured are called, have been roped in since leprosy is on the rise again. For instance, the prevalence rate in Ranchi has gone up to 1.60 percent between April and August, as against 1.16 last year. In West Singhbhum district, this is 3....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=15984 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12815 Concerned over the deteriorating condition of a leprosy centre in the capital, a Japanese NGO has assured to donate Rs 75 lakh for either relocation or reconstruction of the facility. Yohei Sasakawa, President of Nippon Foundation and goodwill ambassador of World Health Organisation (WHO) gave the assurance when he visited the Satya Jeevan Kushta Ashram on July 16, the Federation of Leprosy Organisations said in a statement here today. The rooms in the Ashram, a 20-year-old leprosy centre ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12815 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9873 Leprosy cured persons in over 700 neighbourhoods across India will be imparted vocational training by a leading Japanese aid organisation. "Since multi-drug therapy came to India in 1984, around 11 million people have been cured of the disease but they are still not leading a life of dignity," Nippon Foundation president Yohoi Sasakawa said here Friday. "We have decided to give them location specific vocational training and provide scholarship to their children. We are ready to invest around Rs....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9873 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7506 India as eliminated Leprosy but still we have to eradicate the disease from our country which would be possible by increasing the awareness regarding the transmission of the bacteria and the treatment regimen to be followed for treating the disease. Indian Health Minister Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss during the Leprosy day as asked for increasing the awareness to completely eradicate the disease which as about a 1 Lakh of patients in India but the incidence of Leprosy is considerably getting reduced ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7506 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7501 In India the prevalence of leprosy is decreasing to about 0.95 cases per 10,000 population. The health care minister announced that leprosy is eliminated from India. But this statement is very ambiguous because it does not mean that the disease is completely eliminated but the prevalence is significantly reduced. It is reduced o the rate of less than one case per 10,000 population. In India Delhi has a high prevalence of the disease at about 2.11 per 10,000, along with the two other Union territories Chandigarh (2....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7501 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7481 Japan based charity organization Nippon Foundation has announced that it will spend an amount of US (Dollor) 10 million towards empowering and rehabilitating leprosy patients in India. Yohoi Sasakawa, the Chairman of the foundation has revealed that the amount will be raised in a year's time, and it will be utilized towards special micro-financing schemes and vocational training centers for the people suffering from leprosy. India currently has around 700 leprosy colonies and 118,844 registered leprosy cases....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7481 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7442 Health Officials in India have revealed that the country is moving further towards eliminating leprosy. The country has set itself a target of less than one leprosy infected person for every 10,000 people. During the early 1980s, when the Multi Drug Therapy (MDT) was yet to be introduced in the country, the figures were at 57.6 cases for every 10,000 people. This rate has now come down to 1.06 as of November 2005. At least 11.27 million leprosy cases have been treated in India since the introduction ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=7442 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3657 Scientists from UCLA and Harvard School of Medicine have successfully discovered how the body's immune system fights in limiting the control of infections like leprosy in some cases but not in others. The research says that the body's initial immune system often fights with the infections in the initial stages and sometimes succeeds in controlling them. Only when they are unable to control the bug that it spreads to cause maximum infection. The researchers had isolated immune cells in the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=3657 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=937 The governments of countries where leprosy is still a health problem need to ensure their people understand that it is an easily curable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Partners in WHO's Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy are meeting in Brazil for their annual meeting. Brazil is one of six countries in the world where leprosy remains a major public health issue. The others are India, Madagascar, Mozambique, Myanmar and Nepal. WHO has committed itself to eradicating ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=937