**Executive Summary**
This document addresses Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1131, to be answered on December 5, 2025, regarding skin free health camps. It clarifies that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare does not maintain details of skin health awareness camps organized by the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL). It then outlines the activities carried out under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **IADVL Skin Camps:**
* The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare does not track the skin health camps organized by IADVL.
* **National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP):**
* NLEP is a centrally sponsored scheme under the National Health Mission (NHM).
* Funds are allocated based on State/UT Programme Implementation Plans.
* States/UTs must use funds according to their needs, priorities, and absorption capacity.
* **Leprosy Case Detection Activities:**
* Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC): House-to-house detection in high-risk and inaccessible zones.
* Focused Leprosy Campaign (FLC): Actively detect Grade 2 Disability (G2D) cases.
* ASHA based Surveillance: In low-endemic and remote blocks.
* Hard to Reach areas: Special outreach plans with community-led case searches.
* **Awareness Generation Activities (Under NLEP):**
* IEC/BCC Activities: Regular awareness via radio, TV, newspapers, street plays, and community events in local languages.
* State Level Awareness Campaign (SLAC): Annual campaigns around Anti-Leprosy Day.
* ASHAs and Health workers: Trained to identify and refer suspected leprosy skin lesions.
* Health centers: Provide education on leprosy case identification and dermatological care.
**Impact Analysis**
**States/UTs**
* **Impact:** Responsible for utilizing allocated funds effectively. Required to follow guidelines.
* **Action Required:** Implement NLEP activities based on their specific needs and priorities.
**ASHAs and Health Workers**
* **Impact:** Play a vital role in detecting and referring suspected leprosy cases.
* **Action Required:** Participate in training programs to enhance their identification skills and refer potential cases for diagnosis and treatment.
**General Public**
* **Impact:** Benefit from increased awareness about leprosy and available dermatological care.
* **Action Required:** Take dermatological care seriously and follow the directions from Health centres and ASHAs.
Key Entities Referenced
National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP): A centrally sponsored scheme for leprosy eradication, under which activities are done to generate awareness in order to reduce stigma and discrimination associated with leprosy.
National Health Mission (NHM): An overarching umbrella scheme under which the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) operates.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The government ministry responsible for the question response; specifically, it addresses the organization of skin health camps and leprosy awareness.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 1131
TO BE ANSWERED ON05.12.2025
SKINFREE HEALTH CAMPS
1131. SHRIK GOPINATH:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleasedtostate:
(a) whether Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists (IADVL)
has organised skin health awareness camps at various locations across the country making it
largest numberof skin free healthcampsandif so, the detailsthereof, location-wise;
(b) whether Government proposes to organize more such health camps in rural and far flung
areas with connectivity issue to sustain and expand such community health programs to
improve dermatological care across the country and if so, the details thereof along with the
steps takenby the Government inthis regard; and
(c) the othersteps taken/proposed tobe taken bythe Government to spread awareness among
commonpeople regardingdermatological care which isoftennot takenseriously bypeople?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY
WELFARE
(SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)
(a) : Ministry of Health and Family Welfare does not maintain the details of the camps
organized by Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists
(IADVL).
(b) & (c) : The National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) is a centrally sponsored
scheme under the overarching umbrella of National Health Mission (NHM). Funds are
allocated to the programme activities under NHM on the basis of State/UT specific
Programme Implementation Plans and States/UTs are required to utilize funds as per their
need, priority and on the basis of their absorption capacity. Following activities are carried
out for leprosy related case detection at block and district levels across all States and Union
Territories:
i. LeprosyCaseDetectionCampaign(LCDC):Housetohousecasedetectioninhigh
-risk andinaccessible zones.ii. FocusedLeprosyCampaign(FLC) :FLCare conductedtoactivelydetectGrade2
Disability (G2D) cases.
iii. ASHAbased Surveillance inlow-endemic andremote blocks.
iv. HardtoReacharea–Specialoutreachplans:Community-ledcasesearchindifficult
terrains.
Under NLEP, following activities are done to generate awareness in order to reduce stigma
anddiscriminationassociated with leprosy:
a. IEC/BCCActivities: Regular awareness through radio, TV, newspapers, street plays, and
communityeventsinlocal languages.
b. StateLevel Awareness Campaign (SLAC) :AnnualcampaignsaroundAnti-LeprosyDay
toreducestigmaandpromoteearlydetection.
c.ASHAs and Health workers : Trained to identify andrefer suspected leprosy skin lesions
inthe community.
d. Health centres provide educationregarding identification of leprosy cases among contacts
andthe dermatological care neededinpersons affected with leprosy.
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