National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP):
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It is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM).
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It aims at eliminating leprosy in each of the districts by 2030.
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Strategies for Leprosy elimination include early case detection; complete treatment of detected cases, and containing the onset of disease in close contacts of the index cases (persons diagnosed with leprosy).