Overview
- Teams will survey every district from November 17 to December 2, targeting 8.66 crore people across 1.73 crore households.
- Some 65,832 two‑person teams and 13,166 supervisors will conduct 14 days of physical examinations, covering 20 rural and 25–30 urban homes daily and aiming to reach all rural residents and nearly 30% of urban residents.
- Suspected cases will be assessed by medical officers, with confirmed patients started immediately on free multi‑drug therapy at government health facilities.
- Maharashtra has designated leprosy as a notifiable disease, requiring all providers to report confirmed cases to district and local health authorities within two weeks.
- State and district trainings and ministerial directives have readied field operations, with current data showing 7,863 new cases this year through September and 13,003 patients under treatment.