In an attempt to intensify the Leprosy elimination programme in Jharkhand, World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador, Yohei Sasakawa reached India. During a press conference in Ranchi, he gave information about the scheme being run for leprosy patients and its control.
Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy treatment center in South Korea. Seeing the discrimination faced by people affected by leprosy there In 1965, he dedicated his life for the eradication of leprosy. For the last 40 years, he has been working for the eradication of leprosy across the world. In view of his service spirit, the WHO has declared him as a Goodwill Ambassador. For the last 3 years, his campaign had slowed down due to the Corona epidemic. When the era of the epidemic was over, Sasakawa reached India.
The National Center for Disease Control campaign ran from July 1 to July 14. During this, 2688 new leprosy patients have been found in Jharkhand. At the same time, according to the National Leprosy Eradication Program report, in the year 2000, the number of leprosy patients was 14.9 per ten thousand Population. At the same time, on 31 March 2022, the proportion of leprosy patients per ten thousand population is 0.80.