World Leprosy Eradication Day 2015 Jan 30th

World Leprosy Eradication Day

30th January 2015  World leprosy day is celebrated to promote awareness about this epidemic disease, and educate people suffering from its pain that it is a curable disease.Key Facts:• Leprosy is curable.• Untreated, leprosy can cause progressive and permanent damage to the skin, nerves, limbs and eyes.• Although not highly infectious, it is transmitted via droplets, from the nose and mouth, during close and frequent contacts with untreated cases.• Official figures from 115 countries show the global registered prevalence of leprosy at 189,018 at the end of 2012 and during the same year 232,857 new cases were reported