<p class="title">Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda today claimed that the country will be free of leprosy this year and Kala-azar by next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The country will be free of leprosy this year and of Kala-azar by next year, he told reporters on the occasion of the inauguration of a hospital here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To a question, 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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He claimed that Uttar Pradesh, which used to lag behind other states in the health sector, has taken a big leap ahead because of various schemes launched by the BJP government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The results of the schemes of the Centre can now be seen on the ground... the results of health schemes need some time to take shape," Nadda said.</p>
<p class="title">Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda today claimed that the country will be free of leprosy this year and Kala-azar by next year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The country will be free of leprosy this year and of Kala-azar by next year, he told reporters on the occasion of the inauguration of a hospital here.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To a question, 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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He claimed that Uttar Pradesh, which used to lag behind other states in the health sector, has taken a big leap ahead because of various schemes launched by the BJP government.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The results of the schemes of the Centre can now be seen on the ground... the results of health schemes need some time to take shape," Nadda said.</p>