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ORIGIN
• Disease of great antiquity
• Exact origin controversy
• “High up the Nile midst Egypt’s central plain,
Springs the dread Leprosy and there alone.”
Lucretius( 91-55 BC)
De natura Rerum
LEPROSY IN LITERATURE
• INDIA
• Sushrutha samhitha – 600 BC
• Vat- Rakta or Vat-Shonitha
• Kushtha- Kshudra ( minor) Kushtha
Maha (major) Kushta
• Tuvarka – Chaulmoogra oil ( Hydnocarpus Wightiana)
• Manu Smriti and Atharva Veda
EGYPT
• Ebers Papyrus (1555 BC) – Uchedu
• Ebbel – Ghon’s swelling
• Yeoli - Clay jar with leonine facies – 1400 – 1300 BC
CHINA
• Pai Niu _ 600 BC
• Nei Ching – 220 BC
• Ko Hung – “Prescriptions for Emergencies” 300 AD
lai ping
• Chao’s Pathology - 610 AD
• Sun Szu-moh - “Thousand Golden Remedies”
Tai Feng
• Chaulmoogra oil – Ta Fung Tzu – 1400 AD
BIBLE
• Hebrew-Tsaraath/Zaraath
scaly disease
spot- white as snow
• Old testament- Tsaraath
• New Testament- Lepra from Greek
• Arabic- Jusam
• First recognizable description of leprosy-Areteaus of
Cappadocia
• Middle of 2nd century
• elephantiasis
LEPROSY IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD
• Peak – AD 1000-1400
• Clergy - class of lay physicians
• Leprosy- conceived as a punishment for sin
• 3 options-seclusion at home
entry into leprosarium
life of wandering, begging
• Legally dead
• Leprosaria by noble families
• Queen Metilda - wife of Henry 1 of England
OSTEO ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES BY MOLLER CHRISTENSEN
• Naestved St. Jorgen’s Hospital, Denmark- AD 1250-1550
• 1948
• Facies leprosa - atrophy of anterior nasal spine
atrophy of maxillary alveolar process
ST.JORGEN HOSPITAL
DECLINE OF LEPROSY IN WESTERN
EUROPE
• 13th-17th century
• Last indigenous case -1798
John Berns , Shetland islander
• Changes in climate
• Plague epidemic
• Preventive measures, improvement in diet and living
conditions
• Scandinavia-organism exist outside human or animal host
SPREAD OF LEPROSY TO AMERICA
• Command of Columbus
• Immigrants from Europe
• African slave trade
• Louisiana by Acadians in1755
NATIONAL LEPROSARIUM AT CARVILLE
• 1919-Florida
• 1920 July-Carville-site of Louisiana leper home since 1894
• 1921 – US Public health Service
FATHER DAMIEN OF LOUISIANA
• Father Charles Boglioli- Vincentian priest
• Born in Itlay ,1814
• 1866-Charity hospital Louisiana
• 1882
SPEAD TO SOUTH AMERICA
• Brazil-1696
• Portuguese and Africans
• Argentina- infected slaves from Brazil
SPREAD TO AFRICA
• Egypt – 200-300 BC
• Persian invasion in 6th century BC
• Alexander The Great in 4th century BC
FATHER JOSEPH DAMIEN DE VEUESTER
• 1840-1889
• Belgian priest
• 1864-Hawaii
• 1865-King Kamehameha V
Honolulu for mild
Molokai for incurable
• First patient in 1865
• 1873- Kalacuao
Kalaupapa ,1890
• 1885
• 1980-National Historic Park
• Brother Joseph Dutton assisted in 1886
• Father Pierre d’ Orgeval
CLASSIFICATION
1848-Danielssen & Boeck
nodular
anaesthetic
1895-Hansen & Looft
tuberosa(nodular)
maculoanaesthetic
1903-Neisser
lepra tuberosa
lepra cutanea
lepra nervorum
• 1905-Jadassohn
• Darier -1st described term “tuberculoid” in relation
to leprosy
THE MANILA CLASSIFICATION
• 1931-Leonard Wood Memorial
• cutaneous
• neural
• mixed
CAIRO CLASSIFICATION
• 1938-International Leprosy Congress
• lepromatous
• neural-neromacular simple
neuromacular tuberculoid
neuroanaesthetic
PAN AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION
• 1946-2nd Pan American Leprosy Congress, Rio de Janeiro
• Histology
lepromatous
tuberculoid
uncharacteristic
HAVANA CLASSIFICATION
• 1948-International Leprosy Congress
• lepromatous
• tuberculoid
• indeterminate
WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE
• 1952
• lepromatous
• tuberculoid
• borderline
• indeterminate
MADRID CLASSIFICATION
• 1953-International Leprosy Congress
• Lepromatous type(L)
macular
diffuse
infiltrated
nodular
neuritic
• Tuberculoid type(T)
macular
minor tuberculoid
major tuberculoid
neuritic ,pure
• Indeterminate Group(I)
macular
neuritic, pure
• Borderline Group(B)
infiltrated,(?others)
INDIAN CLASSIFICATION
• ORIGINAL INDIAN CLASSIFICATION
• Lepromatous
• Tuberculoid
• Maculoanaesthetic
• Borderline
• Polyneuritc
• indeterminate
REVISED INDIAN CLASSIFICATION
• 1981-IAL,Agra
• Removed maculoanaesthetic
JOB &CHACKO CLASSIFICATION
• Lepromatous leprosy
• Tuberculoid leprosy
• Borderline tuberculoid leprosy
• Borderline lepromatous leprosy
• Indeterminate leprosy
• Polyneuritic leprosy
RIDLEY-JOPLING CLASSIFICATION
• Clinico-bacteriological
• Immonological
LUCIO LEPOSY
• 1852-Lucio &Alvarado
• 1948-Latapi & Zamora
HISTOID LEPROSY
• 1963-H.W.Wade
CHEMOTHERAPY
• CHAULMOOGRA OIL
Legend –Burmese king- fruit of Kalaw
China and Japan-AD 1500
• Frederic John Mouat -1854
• US-oil by mouth in 1900
• Egypt, France, Philippines-subcutaneous oil
• Johansen -1928
added oil soluble benzocaine
• Hydnocarpus wightiana
SULFANILAMIDE
• First trial at Carville-1941&1942
• Effective in infected ulcers
PROMIN
• Dr Guy Faget-MO, US Public Health Service,
1941
• Oral , dose-0.5-1 gm./day
• Parenteral- 5 gm./day
DIASONE
• Muir, Faget, Pogge- 1940
• Adverse effects-hematuria,
gastritis,anaemia,dermatitis
DAPSONE
• Cochrane-1949
• Lowe &Smith-1949
orally
• Resistance- 1964,Malaysia
CLOFAZIMINE
• Browne & Hogerzeil- 1962, Nigeria
• Browne- 1965
anti inflammatory action
• Resistance- 1982 but not yet proved
COCHRANE
RIFAMPIN
• Opromolla-1963
Rifamycin SV
• Late 1960s-Rifampicin capsule
• 1970- Rees et al
• Resistance-1976
Jacobson &Hastings
THALIDOMIDE
• Sheskin- 1965 as a sedative , Isreal
• Dose -100 mg tds
MULTIDRUG THERAPY
• Malta trial in 1970
Dapsone + Rifampicin + Isoniazid + Prothionamide - 2 yrs
• Scientific Working Group on Chemotherapy of Leprosy
• THELEP-1976
• Field trials-1979
• WHO –Study Group on Chemotherapy of Leprosy-1981
• MDT-1982
NEWER DRUGS
• Since mid 1980 s
• Ofloxacin
• Pefloxacin
• Moxifloxacin
• Clarithromycin
• Minocycline
• Rifapentine
BRIEF HISTORY OF LEPROSY VACCINE RESEARCH
• 1921 – BCG
• 1928 – Health Committee of the League of Nation
• 1979 - Human trials with ICRC Anti-leprosy Vaccine began in Mumbai,
India
• 1980 – ICRC (cultivable leprosy derived mycobacteria belonging to M.
avium intracellulare complex) Vaccine developed
• Feb1998 – Leprosy vaccine, the National Institute of Immunology in New
Delhi
• First commercial batch released in June 1998
• October 2003 – Identification of M. leprae antigens
• May 2005 – Completed screening of the leprosy bacillus for proteins
strongly recognized by the human immune system
• March 2006 – Identified two specific antigens (MLO405 and ML2331)
• Convit et al- mixed vaccine-heat killed armadillo derived M.leprea +BCG
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
• DISCOVERY OF M.LEPRA
• Carl William Boeck (1808-75) & Daniel Cornelius
Danielssen(1815-94)
• Hereditary theory
• Dr .Rudolff Virchow , German physician
lepra cells in late 1850s
• Brown bodies
Dr Rudolff VirchowDr Daniel Cornelius Danielssen
GERHARD HENRICK ARMAUER HANSEN
• 1841-1912
• Norwegian physician
• 1868-began leprosy work under
Danielssen
• 1871-tiny rods in cells
osmic acid stain
• 1874-published in Journal of Norwegian
Medical Society
“Causes of leprosy”
• Chief of the leprosy service in Bergen
SKIN SCRAPING
Herbert Windsor Wade & Rodriguez in 1927
Cochrane modified -1947
Ridley standardised to logarithmic scale -1958
Ziehl- Neelsen staining method-Franz Ziehl & Friedrich Neelsen
FITE STAIN
• 1933
• Dr. George Liddle Fite & Sister Hilary Rose, research laboratory
at Carville
• Fite stain – carbol fuschin based stain
BACTERIAL INDICES
• Morphological index- Waters and Rees in
1962
• SFG index- Ridley
LEPROMIN TEST
• First one described by Mitsuda in 1919
• Hayashi in 1933
• 1940-Mitsuda lepromin test is used
• Dharmendra lepromin -1942
• 1st successful inoculation of mouse footpad- Shepard , 1960
• Prabhakaran et al-nude mice,1976
• 9 banded armadillo-core body temp low
• Susceptibility -1969,leprosy research at Carville
• Kirchheimer &Storrs-1971
• Primates-Rhesus, Sooty mangabey monkeys, African wild
monkeys, chimpanzees
ANIMAL STUDIES
ANTILEPROSY ORGANIZATIONS
• Military & Hospital Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
• Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of
Jerusalem,Rhodes,Malta
• LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL
• 1873, London
• American committee -1906
• American Leprosy Mission to lepers -1917
• American Leprosy Mission -1977
• American Leprosy Mission International -1990s
BELRA- British Empire Leprosy Relief Association
• 1925
• 1929-Leprosy reviews
• 1931-recognised as the “first leprosy prevention
organization” at International Leprosy Congress in Manila
• 1963-LEPRA
• 1989-LEPRA Society of India formed
• Currently working in- ANDHRA PRADESH,MADHYA
PRADESH,BIHAR,ODISHA,NEW DELHI,JHARKHAND
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANTILEPROSY
ASSOCIATIONS
• 1966-ELEP (Federation of European Anti-Leprosy Association)
• International federation of 14 autonomous non governmental anti
leprosy organizations
• Funds-public & institutional sources
• Goal-World without leprosy
• HQ- London
ALERT
• Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• It was originally the All Africa Leprosy
Rehabilitation and Training , now: All Africa
Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation
Training Centre.
• At ALERT is the Armauer Hansen Research
Institute, founded in 1970, specializing in
leprosy research
NCLCA-NOVARTIS COMPREHENSIVE LEPROSY CASE
ASSOCIATION
• Provide MDT free of cost
• 1989-CLCP in India
• Objectives-to enhance access to MD
provide service for prevention, correction, care of
disabilities with rehabilitation
HKNS-HINDU KUSHTH NIVARAN SANGH
• Branch of BELRA –Indian Council
• Renamed as HKNS
• Registered in 1950
• Hon’ble President of India
• Governing body- 41 members
• Publishes research journal-”LEPROSY IN INDIA”
Dr. Ernest Muir ,July 1929
• 1984-”INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEPROSY”
• Dr.Dharmendra
GMLF-GANDHI MEMORIAL LEPROSY
FOUNDATION
• 1951, WARDHA
• 1st unit-Sevagram
• Chilkalpalli-1953
• T’Narasipura-1955
• Balarampur-1977
• Transferred to state govt.
• Concept of socioeconomic rehabilitation
• 1st leprosy training curriculum
• 1st training centre-Wardha,1952
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY,GANDHIJI PREM
NIVAS,TITAGARH
• Mother Teresa,1958
• Mobile clinic
• Titagarh municipality established a permanent centre
ANANDWAN
• 1st of 3 ashrams by Baba Amte
• 1951
• Chandrapur district of Maharashtra
PDLC-PUNE DISTRICT LEPROSY COMMITTE
• 1957,Dr. Jal Mehta
• Bandorawalla leprosy hospital at YEOLEWADI
• 2001-handed over to state govt.
1898- Indian Lepers’ act
1925- Formation of Indian council of BELRA
1935- All India Leprosy Conference, Calcutta
1950- Indian Council of BELRA- HKNS
1950- Indian Association of Leprologist
1953- Classification of Leprosy was drafted by Dharmendra & Chatterjee
1955- IAL adopted classification
MILESTONES IN LEPROSY HISTORY OF INDIA
1955-NLCP-National Leprosy Control Program
• 1st five year plan
• Dapsone
• Paramedical worker per 20000 population
• General household surveys in 3-5 yrs
• Annual contact surveys, school surveys
• 1 nonmedical supervisor/ 4-5 paramedical worker
• 1 leprosy medical officer –taluk/block level
• SAPEL- A Special Action Plan for Elimination of Leprosy-1997-2000
• Elimination-December 2005
• 1997 –SAPEL
• 2002 – 04 – Integration of Leprosy services with GH system
• 2004- National Conference on Elimination of Leprosy, Raipur
• 2005- Elimination at national level
• 2012- Special action plan for 209 high endemic districts, I6
states.
• 1983-NLEP-Dr.Swaminathan Committee
• 1986-Bombay leprosy project
• 1994-NLEP- FD MDT -2yrs
• 1998- FD MDT -1yr
“History is who we are and why we
are the way we are”
_David Mc Collough“History is who we are and why we
are the way we are”
- David Mc Collough
HISTORY OF HANSEN'S DISEASE

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HISTORY OF HANSEN'S DISEASE

  • 2. ORIGIN • Disease of great antiquity • Exact origin controversy • “High up the Nile midst Egypt’s central plain, Springs the dread Leprosy and there alone.” Lucretius( 91-55 BC) De natura Rerum
  • 3. LEPROSY IN LITERATURE • INDIA • Sushrutha samhitha – 600 BC • Vat- Rakta or Vat-Shonitha • Kushtha- Kshudra ( minor) Kushtha Maha (major) Kushta • Tuvarka – Chaulmoogra oil ( Hydnocarpus Wightiana) • Manu Smriti and Atharva Veda
  • 4. EGYPT • Ebers Papyrus (1555 BC) – Uchedu • Ebbel – Ghon’s swelling • Yeoli - Clay jar with leonine facies – 1400 – 1300 BC
  • 5. CHINA • Pai Niu _ 600 BC • Nei Ching – 220 BC • Ko Hung – “Prescriptions for Emergencies” 300 AD lai ping • Chao’s Pathology - 610 AD • Sun Szu-moh - “Thousand Golden Remedies” Tai Feng • Chaulmoogra oil – Ta Fung Tzu – 1400 AD
  • 6. BIBLE • Hebrew-Tsaraath/Zaraath scaly disease spot- white as snow • Old testament- Tsaraath • New Testament- Lepra from Greek • Arabic- Jusam
  • 7. • First recognizable description of leprosy-Areteaus of Cappadocia • Middle of 2nd century • elephantiasis
  • 8. LEPROSY IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD • Peak – AD 1000-1400 • Clergy - class of lay physicians • Leprosy- conceived as a punishment for sin • 3 options-seclusion at home entry into leprosarium life of wandering, begging • Legally dead
  • 9. • Leprosaria by noble families • Queen Metilda - wife of Henry 1 of England
  • 10. OSTEO ARCHEOLOGICAL STUDIES BY MOLLER CHRISTENSEN • Naestved St. Jorgen’s Hospital, Denmark- AD 1250-1550 • 1948 • Facies leprosa - atrophy of anterior nasal spine atrophy of maxillary alveolar process
  • 12. DECLINE OF LEPROSY IN WESTERN EUROPE • 13th-17th century • Last indigenous case -1798 John Berns , Shetland islander • Changes in climate • Plague epidemic • Preventive measures, improvement in diet and living conditions • Scandinavia-organism exist outside human or animal host
  • 13. SPREAD OF LEPROSY TO AMERICA • Command of Columbus • Immigrants from Europe • African slave trade • Louisiana by Acadians in1755
  • 14. NATIONAL LEPROSARIUM AT CARVILLE • 1919-Florida • 1920 July-Carville-site of Louisiana leper home since 1894 • 1921 – US Public health Service FATHER DAMIEN OF LOUISIANA • Father Charles Boglioli- Vincentian priest • Born in Itlay ,1814 • 1866-Charity hospital Louisiana • 1882
  • 15. SPEAD TO SOUTH AMERICA • Brazil-1696 • Portuguese and Africans • Argentina- infected slaves from Brazil SPREAD TO AFRICA • Egypt – 200-300 BC • Persian invasion in 6th century BC • Alexander The Great in 4th century BC
  • 16. FATHER JOSEPH DAMIEN DE VEUESTER • 1840-1889 • Belgian priest • 1864-Hawaii • 1865-King Kamehameha V Honolulu for mild Molokai for incurable • First patient in 1865 • 1873- Kalacuao Kalaupapa ,1890 • 1885 • 1980-National Historic Park
  • 17.
  • 18. • Brother Joseph Dutton assisted in 1886 • Father Pierre d’ Orgeval
  • 19. CLASSIFICATION 1848-Danielssen & Boeck nodular anaesthetic 1895-Hansen & Looft tuberosa(nodular) maculoanaesthetic 1903-Neisser lepra tuberosa lepra cutanea lepra nervorum
  • 20. • 1905-Jadassohn • Darier -1st described term “tuberculoid” in relation to leprosy
  • 21. THE MANILA CLASSIFICATION • 1931-Leonard Wood Memorial • cutaneous • neural • mixed
  • 22. CAIRO CLASSIFICATION • 1938-International Leprosy Congress • lepromatous • neural-neromacular simple neuromacular tuberculoid neuroanaesthetic
  • 23. PAN AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION • 1946-2nd Pan American Leprosy Congress, Rio de Janeiro • Histology lepromatous tuberculoid uncharacteristic
  • 24. HAVANA CLASSIFICATION • 1948-International Leprosy Congress • lepromatous • tuberculoid • indeterminate
  • 25. WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE • 1952 • lepromatous • tuberculoid • borderline • indeterminate
  • 26. MADRID CLASSIFICATION • 1953-International Leprosy Congress • Lepromatous type(L) macular diffuse infiltrated nodular neuritic • Tuberculoid type(T) macular minor tuberculoid major tuberculoid neuritic ,pure • Indeterminate Group(I) macular neuritic, pure • Borderline Group(B) infiltrated,(?others)
  • 27. INDIAN CLASSIFICATION • ORIGINAL INDIAN CLASSIFICATION • Lepromatous • Tuberculoid • Maculoanaesthetic • Borderline • Polyneuritc • indeterminate
  • 28. REVISED INDIAN CLASSIFICATION • 1981-IAL,Agra • Removed maculoanaesthetic
  • 29. JOB &CHACKO CLASSIFICATION • Lepromatous leprosy • Tuberculoid leprosy • Borderline tuberculoid leprosy • Borderline lepromatous leprosy • Indeterminate leprosy • Polyneuritic leprosy
  • 31. LUCIO LEPOSY • 1852-Lucio &Alvarado • 1948-Latapi & Zamora HISTOID LEPROSY • 1963-H.W.Wade
  • 32. CHEMOTHERAPY • CHAULMOOGRA OIL Legend –Burmese king- fruit of Kalaw China and Japan-AD 1500 • Frederic John Mouat -1854
  • 33.
  • 34. • US-oil by mouth in 1900 • Egypt, France, Philippines-subcutaneous oil • Johansen -1928 added oil soluble benzocaine • Hydnocarpus wightiana
  • 35. SULFANILAMIDE • First trial at Carville-1941&1942 • Effective in infected ulcers PROMIN • Dr Guy Faget-MO, US Public Health Service, 1941 • Oral , dose-0.5-1 gm./day • Parenteral- 5 gm./day
  • 36. DIASONE • Muir, Faget, Pogge- 1940 • Adverse effects-hematuria, gastritis,anaemia,dermatitis
  • 37. DAPSONE • Cochrane-1949 • Lowe &Smith-1949 orally • Resistance- 1964,Malaysia CLOFAZIMINE • Browne & Hogerzeil- 1962, Nigeria • Browne- 1965 anti inflammatory action • Resistance- 1982 but not yet proved COCHRANE
  • 38. RIFAMPIN • Opromolla-1963 Rifamycin SV • Late 1960s-Rifampicin capsule • 1970- Rees et al • Resistance-1976 Jacobson &Hastings
  • 39. THALIDOMIDE • Sheskin- 1965 as a sedative , Isreal • Dose -100 mg tds
  • 40. MULTIDRUG THERAPY • Malta trial in 1970 Dapsone + Rifampicin + Isoniazid + Prothionamide - 2 yrs • Scientific Working Group on Chemotherapy of Leprosy • THELEP-1976 • Field trials-1979 • WHO –Study Group on Chemotherapy of Leprosy-1981 • MDT-1982
  • 41. NEWER DRUGS • Since mid 1980 s • Ofloxacin • Pefloxacin • Moxifloxacin • Clarithromycin • Minocycline • Rifapentine
  • 42. BRIEF HISTORY OF LEPROSY VACCINE RESEARCH • 1921 – BCG • 1928 – Health Committee of the League of Nation • 1979 - Human trials with ICRC Anti-leprosy Vaccine began in Mumbai, India • 1980 – ICRC (cultivable leprosy derived mycobacteria belonging to M. avium intracellulare complex) Vaccine developed • Feb1998 – Leprosy vaccine, the National Institute of Immunology in New Delhi
  • 43. • First commercial batch released in June 1998 • October 2003 – Identification of M. leprae antigens • May 2005 – Completed screening of the leprosy bacillus for proteins strongly recognized by the human immune system • March 2006 – Identified two specific antigens (MLO405 and ML2331) • Convit et al- mixed vaccine-heat killed armadillo derived M.leprea +BCG
  • 44. LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS • DISCOVERY OF M.LEPRA • Carl William Boeck (1808-75) & Daniel Cornelius Danielssen(1815-94) • Hereditary theory • Dr .Rudolff Virchow , German physician lepra cells in late 1850s • Brown bodies
  • 45. Dr Rudolff VirchowDr Daniel Cornelius Danielssen
  • 46. GERHARD HENRICK ARMAUER HANSEN • 1841-1912 • Norwegian physician • 1868-began leprosy work under Danielssen • 1871-tiny rods in cells osmic acid stain • 1874-published in Journal of Norwegian Medical Society “Causes of leprosy” • Chief of the leprosy service in Bergen
  • 47. SKIN SCRAPING Herbert Windsor Wade & Rodriguez in 1927 Cochrane modified -1947 Ridley standardised to logarithmic scale -1958
  • 48. Ziehl- Neelsen staining method-Franz Ziehl & Friedrich Neelsen FITE STAIN • 1933 • Dr. George Liddle Fite & Sister Hilary Rose, research laboratory at Carville • Fite stain – carbol fuschin based stain
  • 49. BACTERIAL INDICES • Morphological index- Waters and Rees in 1962 • SFG index- Ridley
  • 50. LEPROMIN TEST • First one described by Mitsuda in 1919 • Hayashi in 1933 • 1940-Mitsuda lepromin test is used • Dharmendra lepromin -1942
  • 51. • 1st successful inoculation of mouse footpad- Shepard , 1960 • Prabhakaran et al-nude mice,1976 • 9 banded armadillo-core body temp low • Susceptibility -1969,leprosy research at Carville • Kirchheimer &Storrs-1971 • Primates-Rhesus, Sooty mangabey monkeys, African wild monkeys, chimpanzees ANIMAL STUDIES
  • 52.
  • 53.
  • 54. ANTILEPROSY ORGANIZATIONS • Military & Hospital Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem • Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem,Rhodes,Malta • LEPROSY MISSION INTERNATIONAL • 1873, London • American committee -1906 • American Leprosy Mission to lepers -1917 • American Leprosy Mission -1977 • American Leprosy Mission International -1990s
  • 55. BELRA- British Empire Leprosy Relief Association • 1925 • 1929-Leprosy reviews • 1931-recognised as the “first leprosy prevention organization” at International Leprosy Congress in Manila • 1963-LEPRA • 1989-LEPRA Society of India formed • Currently working in- ANDHRA PRADESH,MADHYA PRADESH,BIHAR,ODISHA,NEW DELHI,JHARKHAND
  • 56. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ANTILEPROSY ASSOCIATIONS • 1966-ELEP (Federation of European Anti-Leprosy Association) • International federation of 14 autonomous non governmental anti leprosy organizations • Funds-public & institutional sources • Goal-World without leprosy • HQ- London
  • 57. ALERT • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia • It was originally the All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training , now: All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre. • At ALERT is the Armauer Hansen Research Institute, founded in 1970, specializing in leprosy research
  • 58. NCLCA-NOVARTIS COMPREHENSIVE LEPROSY CASE ASSOCIATION • Provide MDT free of cost • 1989-CLCP in India • Objectives-to enhance access to MD provide service for prevention, correction, care of disabilities with rehabilitation
  • 59. HKNS-HINDU KUSHTH NIVARAN SANGH • Branch of BELRA –Indian Council • Renamed as HKNS • Registered in 1950 • Hon’ble President of India • Governing body- 41 members • Publishes research journal-”LEPROSY IN INDIA” Dr. Ernest Muir ,July 1929 • 1984-”INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEPROSY” • Dr.Dharmendra
  • 60. GMLF-GANDHI MEMORIAL LEPROSY FOUNDATION • 1951, WARDHA • 1st unit-Sevagram • Chilkalpalli-1953 • T’Narasipura-1955 • Balarampur-1977 • Transferred to state govt.
  • 61. • Concept of socioeconomic rehabilitation • 1st leprosy training curriculum • 1st training centre-Wardha,1952
  • 62. MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY,GANDHIJI PREM NIVAS,TITAGARH • Mother Teresa,1958 • Mobile clinic • Titagarh municipality established a permanent centre
  • 63. ANANDWAN • 1st of 3 ashrams by Baba Amte • 1951 • Chandrapur district of Maharashtra
  • 64. PDLC-PUNE DISTRICT LEPROSY COMMITTE • 1957,Dr. Jal Mehta • Bandorawalla leprosy hospital at YEOLEWADI • 2001-handed over to state govt.
  • 65. 1898- Indian Lepers’ act 1925- Formation of Indian council of BELRA 1935- All India Leprosy Conference, Calcutta 1950- Indian Council of BELRA- HKNS 1950- Indian Association of Leprologist 1953- Classification of Leprosy was drafted by Dharmendra & Chatterjee 1955- IAL adopted classification MILESTONES IN LEPROSY HISTORY OF INDIA
  • 66. 1955-NLCP-National Leprosy Control Program • 1st five year plan • Dapsone • Paramedical worker per 20000 population • General household surveys in 3-5 yrs • Annual contact surveys, school surveys • 1 nonmedical supervisor/ 4-5 paramedical worker • 1 leprosy medical officer –taluk/block level • SAPEL- A Special Action Plan for Elimination of Leprosy-1997-2000 • Elimination-December 2005
  • 67. • 1997 –SAPEL • 2002 – 04 – Integration of Leprosy services with GH system • 2004- National Conference on Elimination of Leprosy, Raipur • 2005- Elimination at national level • 2012- Special action plan for 209 high endemic districts, I6 states. • 1983-NLEP-Dr.Swaminathan Committee • 1986-Bombay leprosy project • 1994-NLEP- FD MDT -2yrs • 1998- FD MDT -1yr
  • 68.
  • 69. “History is who we are and why we are the way we are” _David Mc Collough“History is who we are and why we are the way we are” - David Mc Collough