01441nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653001400054653001900068100001300087700001500100700001100115700001000126245011400136856004700250490000700297520095500304       2016                            d10aleprosy10aJharkhand10aCase detection1 aBhagat V1 aBaviskar S1 aGiri V1 aAli M00aEvaluation of Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) in Jharkhand: The Way Forward for Elimination of Leprosy  uhttp://www.ojhas.org/issue60/2016-4-2.html0 v153 a<p>The first phase of Leprosy Case Detection Campaign was conducted in selected 7 states of India during Mar.-Apr. 2016. The current cross sectional observational study was conducted in four districts as a part of the monitoring LCDC activities in Jharkhand. The evaluation of this campaign was conducted in five components IEC, Training, h-t-h survey activity, supervision and reporting. 53.46 % persons were screened, 4660 suspects were examined for presence of leprosy and 513 leprosy cases were confirmed. Among these 40.55% were MB, 8.58 % were child cases and 0.97 % were cases of Grade II disability. Cases detected during 14 days activity were more than the annual case detection in Godda District, two third of the annual case detection in E. Singhbhum and Dumka Districts. Overall the activity was noted to be satisfactory and comparable with the previous active case detection drives. The need of improvement in supervision was felt.</p>