02293nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653002300054653001000077100001100087700001800098700001500116700001800131700001500149245017000164856007400334300001200408490000600420050001400426520163500440       2013                            d10aleprosy10aMuldtidrug therapy10aIndia1 aArun S1 aBalachandar V1 aSasikala K1 aSubramanian A1 aAbilash VG00aComparative and cross-sectional study of sucesses of the leprosy elimination strategy before  (2000 to 2005) and after (2006 to 2010) eradication period in referral   uhttp://innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ajpcr/article/view/303  a182-1850 v6  aARUN 20133 aTo assess the successes of the leprosy elimination strategy before (2000 to 2005) and after (2006 to 2010) eradication period in referral hospital of Tamilnadu District. Retrospective  cross-sectional  study  of  all  registered  new cases  of  leprosy  carried out from records  over  a  ten  year  period from referral Sacred heart leprosy hospital, Kummbakkonam, Tamil Nadu. During the survey, total number of 5,794 new leprosy cases registered during 2000 to 2010 between before and after eradication period at referral leprosy hospital. Comparative analysis of 5 years of before and after eradication period survey shows that the total number of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases registered before eradication was 4177and after eradication it was reduced to1617, in that multibacillary cases reduced from 2724 to 1150 after eradication and paucibacillary cases reduced from 1453 to 467 cases. According to this analysed report concluding that the total number of leprosy cases reported in referral hospital per day before eradication was 2.28 and after eradication it was reduced to 0.88 cases per day. Leprosy was still an important public health problem and was getting out of control in some districts in Tamil Nadu, south India. However, leprosy elimination is well within sight, and after eradication period also risk of the leprosy cases in endemic districts. So leprosy awareness days and community-based surveillance could help to improve early detection, treatment, case holding and prevention of disabilities. Increase the awareness program for endemic districts is a very well method in decrease the leprosy.