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Global alliance against leprosy

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    A global alliance that aims to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem from every country by 2005, was officially launched here by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday at the start of three-day conference.

    The Global Alliance for Leprosy Elimination and its partners aim to detect and cure some 2.5 million to 2.8 million leprosy sufferers in the world by the end of 2005, thereby eliminating the disease, WHO said in a news release. WHO defines elimination as less than one case per 10,000 persons.

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