**3. Control of leprosy**

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*Trend in case detection and case detection rate, by WHO region, 2006–2016 [3].*

*Country-wise trends of detection of new leprosy cases from 2008 to 2017 [4].*

In 2017, 192,713 patients were on treatment globally which makes the prevalence rate of 0.25 per 10,000 population [4]. Total of 210,671 new cases were reported in same year from 150 countries making NCDR of 2.77 per 100,000 population. **Figure 2** below shows the trends over the past decade (2008–2017) in new case detection of leprosy cases globally in the reporting countries of World Health

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**Figure 2.**

**2. Burden of disease**

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Organization (WHO) [4].

The three main goals of control of leprosy are


Thus the following modalities are adopted to control leprosy:

