The World Health Organization's roadmap for eliminating leprosy, most recently set out as the Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030, titled Towards Zero Leprosy, developed through a consultative process with stakeholders during 2019 and 2020 as a successor to earlier WHO leprosy elimination efforts that began after the 44th World Health Assembly called in May 1991 for eliminating leprosy as a public health problem by 2000, a target most countries reached by 2010. Since the introduction of multidrug therapy for leprosy in 1982, global prevalence fell from more than 5 million recorded cases in the mid-1980s to under 200,000 by the end of 2016, and the 2021-2030 strategy moves beyond that earlier elimination threshold toward a vision of zero leprosy infection, zero resulting disability, and zero stigma and discrimination. Its four pillars are country-owned zero leprosy roadmaps in every endemic country, scaled-up prevention alongside active case detection, management of leprosy complications to prevent new disability, and efforts to combat stigma and protect the human rights of people affected by the disease.
Facts
Program StatusActive, current ten-year strategy phase running 2021 to 2030 1 Sponsoring BodyWorld Health Organization, developed with national leprosy programme managers, technical agencies and other stakeholders 1 Target PopulationNational leprosy programmes and communities directly affected by leprosy (Hansen's disease) in endemic countries worldwide 1 Health GoalReach zero leprosy through four pillars: country-owned zero leprosy road maps, scaled-up prevention and active case detection, management of complications and disability prevention, and combating stigma while respecting human rights 1 Geographic ScopeGlobal, targeting all leprosy-endemic countries 1 Program status (class) Classification
Program KindDisease Surveillance Program 1 Connections
Associated With
WHO's own global leprosy strategy
Delivers Practice
Entity-backed identity for the program-kind enum value this public health program already carries, resolved to a health practice by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The program-kind fact itself stays on the program unchanged.
Sources
1. WHO Publication Page: Towards Zero Leprosy, Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030
World Health OrganizationWHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, paragraph 1, sentence 1
The Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 "Towards zero leprosy" was developed through a broad consultative process with all major stakeholders during 2019 and 2020.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, paragraph 1, sentence 1 (2021-2030 span)
The Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 "Towards zero leprosy" was developed through a broad consultative process with all major stakeholders during 2019 and 2020.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, paragraph 1, sentence 2 (stakeholders)
Valuable inputs were provided by national leprosy programme managers, technical agencies, public health and leprosy experts, funding agencies and persons or members of communities directly affected by leprosy.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, paragraph 1, sentence 2 (communities affected by leprosy)
Valuable inputs were provided by national leprosy programme managers, technical agencies, public health and leprosy experts, funding agencies and persons or members of communities directly affected by leprosy.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, four pillars list
The Strategy aims to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is structured along four pillars: (i) implement integrated, country-owned zero leprosy road maps in all endemic countries; (ii) scale up leprosy prevention alongside integrated active case detection; (iii) manage leprosy and its complications and prevent new disability; and (iv) combat stigma and ensure human rights are respected.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, pillar (i), endemic countries
The Strategy aims to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. It is structured along four pillars: (i) implement integrated, country-owned zero leprosy road maps in all endemic countries; (ii) scale up leprosy prevention alongside integrated active case detection; (iii) manage leprosy and its complications and prevent new disability; and (iv) combat stigma and ensure human rights are respected.
WHO publication page 9789290228509, Overview section, paragraph 1, sentence 1 (active 2021-2030 strategy)
The Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 "Towards zero leprosy" was developed through a broad consultative process with all major stakeholders during 2019 and 2020.
View the Source 2. WHO: Towards zero leprosy, Global leprosy strategy 2021-2030
Current strategy phase runs 2021-2030 with four 2030 targetsView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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