Aagaaz

Country: India

Location(s): Chhattisgarh

The project aims to improve : the quality of comprehensive health services for leprosy through the general healthcare services; the awareness of the community about leprosy, with a special focus on stigma reduction and inclusion; the access to social security schemes for persons affected by leprosy, their household and other persons with disabilities; the NLEP program monitoring and reporting systems for improved program implementation.

ILEP Members involved

FAIRMED
John Kurian George

Damien Foundation Belgium
Mugudalabetta Shivakumar

The Leprosy Mission
Premal Das

Partners

Ministry of Health, Regional Leprosy Training and Research Institute (RLTRI) at Raipur, State Health Resource Centre (SHRC) at Raipur, Chhattisgarh state World Health Organization (WHO) unit, Association of People Affected by Leprosy, Chhattisgarh Viklang Manch an organisation of persons with disabilities (OPD)

Physical facilities involved

Chandkhuri Leprosy Hospital and Home, in Chandkhuri in Bilaspur District, operated by The Leprosy Mission