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Myanmar plans to conduct leprosy awareness campaign

Xinhua, August 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Myanmar Ministry of Health is planning to conduct a leprosy awareness campaign in high disease burden areas in the country with the support of WHO this year, official media reported Saturday.

The campaign with two phases is set to begin in some townships in Nay Pyi Taw, Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway, Ayeyawady and Bago Regions, said the Global New Light of Myanmar, quoting an official of Myanmar Leprosy Control Program.

There are around 3,000 new cases diagnosed across the country each year, including 100 child cases.

According to the ministry's figures, 2,877 total new cases were diagnosed in 2014, Mandalay region recorded the highest number of leprosy cases with 547, followed by Yangon with 439 and Sagaing with 402.

Meanwhile, Myanmar is one of the top 17 countries where leprosy is endemic, according to a 2013 WHO survey. Endi