An estimated 3 million disabled leprosy patients in the world need care (Report on WHO-AIFO Joint workshop, Short report in Leprosy Review, December, 2000).

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These patients still do not enjoy human rights fully in spite of medical advancements in the field of leprosy. We still do not have an estimate of such leprosy-disabled people in urban locations. Highly disabled leprosy patients tend to form their own groups (self settled leprosy colonies) in and around cities/towns/metropolitan areas.