Leprosy
Mailing List – November 8th, 2009
Ref.: Can
the current health delivery system in
India
manage the leprosy burden? (see attachment)
From:
Ganapati R., Mumbai, India
Dear
Dr Noto,
I
am enclosing my critical comments on
leprosy management in some selected parts of
India
when I have done field studies. This
was the subject of my invited lecture at the Conference of the
Indian Association of Leprologists held in
New Delhi
on 2-4 October 2009.
Following
the presentation there was a lively debate on the role of NGOs,
assisting the National Leprosy Eradication Programme of the Govt. of
India. Though no definite
conclusions were drawn after the session which was chaired by the
Chief Leprosy Program Officer of the Govt. of India, there was general
agreement there is a vast scope for improvement in managing the field
aspects of leprosy in
India
.
If
you think that this write up is worth publication as an LML you may
consider my request so that I may have the benefit of exchange of
views from many of your readers.
Thanks
& regards,
Dr
R Ganapati
Director
Emeritus
Bombay
Leprosy Project
