A voluntary organisation announced on Sunday it would launch a nationwide campaign to clear misconceptions about leprosy which still causes people to attach a stigma to the disease. The campaign HEAL India (Hire. Educate. Accept Leprosy-affected) will be launched by the Leprosy Mission Trust India on Oct 10. Leprosy a bacterial disease treatable with a six-month course of medication if diagnosed early is believed to have originated in India in about 2000 BC. Medical evidence from skeletons of the time have pointed to its prevalence then. (Read: Leprosy: Shun the stigma embrace cure) In 2005 India officially declared that the
