India boosts health spending to eradicate leprosy

‘Diseases such as leprosy, tuberculosis and black fever still cause pain and suffering to a large number of poor people across India, where the government seeks to eradicate the illnesses through a major health spending plan.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Indian parliament as he presented the budget on Wednesday that cash would flow particularly to poorer rural areas, where preventable illnesses are rife.
“Poverty is usually associated with poor health,” the Indian minister was quoted as saying. “It is the poor who suffer the maximum from chronic diseases.” India reported 200,000 cases of leprosy in 2015.’
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