World Leprosy Week is annually observed around the world and starts from the last Sunday of January. It's a week to raise awareness that despite being one of the world's most ancient diseases, leprosy is still very much a problem today. Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infection. It is caused by the slow-growing organism. Mycobacterium leprae, which is an obligate intracellular parasite. It affects chiefly the skin and peripheral nerves.
Leprosy is curable and treatment provided in the early stages averts disability. Multidrug therapy (MDT) treatment has been made available by WHO free of charge to all patients worldwide since 1995. It provides a simple yet highly effective cure for all types of leprosy. Leprosy has a wide range of clinical manifestations, which depend upon the host immune response more than the virulence or multiplication rate of the bacillus. It has a long…
