President awarded the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy on February 6, 2020. The awards were presented to Dr NS Dharmashaktu in the individual category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Government has accomplished levels of leprosy elimination defined as less than one case per ten thousand population. Also, the stigma and prejudice against leprosy have been reduced considerably through the efforts taken by scientists, researchers, organizations and community workers. It should be considered that the new cases continue to occur and high-burden pockets of the disease do exist.