30th July 2024, The APAL’s state Committee in Jharkhand, comprising APAL Vice President Jawahar Ram Paswan, Jharkhand State Coordinator Mohammad Zainuddin, and APAL Jharkhand Leader Shri Madhusudan Tiwari, participated in the LCDC meeting convened at Nepal House in Ranchi.
The meeting was attended by several high-ranking officials, including the Principal Secretary of the Department of Women Child Development and Social Security, Government of Jharkhand; the Secretary of the School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand; the Secretary of the Panchayati Raj Department, Government of Jharkhand; the Senior Regional Director of Patna Bihar; the Director-in-Chief of Health Services, Jharkhand, Ranchi; representatives from the Indian Medical Association, Jharkhand, Ranchi; the State Leprosy Prevention Officer, Jharkhand,
Ranchi; the State Program Manager of the National Health Mission, Jharkhand, Namkum, Ranchi; the State Nodal Officer of State Sahia Koshang; Dr. Siddharth Bishwal, NLEP Coordinator, NLR; Dr. Abhishek Paul, State Coordinator, WHO, Jharkhand, Ranchi; Dr. Gautam, State Coordinator, DFIT; and the Nodal Officer of the IEC Cell. The APAL Organization Jharkhand, Ranchi, also took part in the meeting.
The meeting involved a comprehensive discussion on effectively conducting the program by the Government of India’s guidelines for the implementation of the initial phase of the Leprosy Detection Campaign (LCDC) 2024, sanctioned for the fiscal year 2024-25. The APAL leaders actively engaged in the discussion, emphasizing the urgent needs of their community. One noteworthy demand made by the APAL leader was the provision of dressing kits in the leprosy colonies of the state, where such provisions were currently lacking. This demand was earnestly considered and endorsed by the authorities, representing a positive stride towards enhancing healthcare facilities for individuals affected by leprosy in Jharkhand.
