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The Anti-Leprosy Campaign (ALC) is the focal point of the Ministry of Health in charge of all leprosy-related activities in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1954 under the Department of Health.
With the vision of Leprosy free Sri Lanka currently ALC is working towards to achieve the state of interruption of transmission. All the Leprosy preventive and curative activities are coordinated by the ALC. Surveillance is one of the main areas of concern in Leprosy control in the country. Based on the surveillance data ALC is responsible to provide technical guidance to district Leprosy control teams. As per the National strategic plan 2021-2025 programs are planned for the country. Preparation of policies, guidelines, and Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for Leprosy is one responsibility of ALC. Capacity building of health care workers and public awareness are major areas of concern of the ALC. In addition, research development to generate evidence on Leprosy is a responsibility of the campaign.
ALC is the focal point in the Ministry of Health in preventive, curative and rehabilitative services of leprosy in Sri Lanka. Currently ALC is working towards achieving the interruption of transmission of Leprosy in a sustainable manner in the country. The main functions of ALC are to formulate policies and guidelines, program planning, monitoring and evaluation. National level Leprosy surveillance is a main activity of ALC. Provision of technical guidance and conduction of awareness programmes, capacity building programmes to achieve the elimination targets are carried out by the ALC. The central Leprosy clinic at NHSL and Hendala Leprosy Hospital are operating under the directorate of ALC.
The Alliance Development Trust is dedicated to building and uplifting communities across the Nation whilst reaching out to a broad group of marginalized communities from all parts of Sri Lanka irrespective of their race, caste or creed. They reach out to people when they are at their lowest, when natural and unnatural disasters take away the lives of their loved ones, their homes, and their livelihoods. The ADT are determined to impact the vulnerable and do all they can to give people living in extreme poverty and depravity a reason to keep smiling.
Their vision is to unite and empower communities by dynamic action for social peace, public justice and economic sufficiency to transform the Nation. The ADT believes that a bit of support is all it takes to change the world. Since its founding in 2000, they have been determined to make an impact on vulnerable communities. The core of their efforts is to give hope and uplift such communities through their initiatives whilst upholding a holistic approach to creating change and build resilience.