Updated On: 13 January, 2023 03:42 PM IST | Ranchi | PTI
Anil Kumar, Additional Director General of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said that even though leprosy is totally curable, a stigma is attached to it which creates depression and anxiety among patients.

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Centre has picked Jharkhand to pilot its integration of mental health services for leprosy patients, an official said on Friday.
For this, the two national initiatives -- National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) and National Mental Health Programme -- have been integrated and a two-day workshop on 'Integration of Mental Health Services for Leprosy Patients' was organised in here, additional director general of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anil Kumar said.