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According to reports, when family members of the deceased requested the villagers to help them carry the dead body for conduct of rituals, none of them lent a hand. (Representational image)

Odisha: Villagers refuse to carry body of leprosy patient

The villagers refused to touch him in abhorrence and did not come to help in the funeral, says Sanjib Kumar Sahoo, son...

17 Aug 2017 6:02 AM IST

The government has adopted a three-pronged strategy for early detection of the disease to deal with the issue. (Photo: AFP)

India has most number of leprosy cases at 60 percent

The analysis was given by the WHO after it conducted the research in 2015

12 April 2017 9:31 AM IST