00995nas a2200205 4500000000100000008004100001653001800042653001100060653001200071653001000083100001100093700001000104700001200114245008500126856005100211300001000262490000700272050001400279520049600293 2013 d10aUrban leprosy10aStigma10aleprosy10aIndia1 aJohn A1 aRaju 1 aRao P S00aA case of stigma in an urban metropolis in India. What new tools should be used? uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/84/1/09-2094 a92-940 v84 aJOHN 20133 a
We present here a report from Kolkata, India, which illustrates the persisting deeply anchored roots of stigma in leprosy and our failure to make a significant change in the situation. Kolkata is a metropolitan city in West Bengal, which is one of the states with a persisting leprosy problem (10 321 new cases were detected in 2010–2011). It is the third most populous metropolitan urban area in India, where many people live in slums and shanty towns scattered through the city.