Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. "I am willing," he said. "Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:13
The Leprosy Mission Hospital
Post Box No: 9, Purulia Post & District, Purulia, W.B, India, 723101
Estabilished in 1888
A world without leprosy
RESEARCH AT TLM PURULIA
Research Area
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Early Detection
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Chemotherapy
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Nerve Function Impairment and Reaction
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Prevention of disability
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Community based Rehabilitation
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Stigma reduction and advocacy
Current Research Projects
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2014: "Voluntary screening of close contacts by index leprosy patients to enhance early reporting".
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2014: "Adverse effects of azathioprine and prednisolone in an RCT in leprosy reactions and neuritis"
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2014: “Burden of leprosy and treatment outcomes among children reporting to a referral hospital in India."
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2014: "Delay in Reporting Of Untreated Leprosy Patients at PHC and Other Integrated Settings"
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2014: “Effectiveness of Empowering School Children as an early Case Detection Method for Leprosy”
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2014: “Orientation of Local Private Practitioners as a Means of Early Case Detection in Leprosy”