AMN / Ballia
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has said, the India will be free of leprosy this year and Kala-azar by next year.
Talking to media persons at Ballia in Uttar Pradesh last evening, Mr Nadda said, mortality rate in India has decreased and referred to a World Health Organisation report to stress that tetanus and some other diseases concerning children are well under control.
The Minister said Uttar Pradesh has taken a big leap ahead in the health sector because of various schemes launched by the Central government.