Facilitate the physical, social, and economic rehabilitation of patients. Train medical and paramedical personnel in leprosy care and introduce MDT in blister calendar packs. Provide disability care services to patients based on the Borsad project model. Develop computerised leprosy register.
Current efforts focus on providing the necessary services.
Surgeons from the orthopaedic department of the Goa Medical College and health services have been trained in reconstructive surgery for leprosy. Fifty-five operations have been performed, compared with two before the project. More than 2,000 patients have been cured and 419 are being treated. Difficult to survey the population for leprosy due to the low case load. Improvement of early detection and diagnosis by the general public health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .