Dodoma. The minister for Health, Mr Mohamed Mchengerwa, has directed regional medical officers to step up surveillance, screening and follow-up of leprosy patients as Tanzania intensifies efforts to eliminate the disease by 2030.
Speaking during the commemoration of World Leprosy Day on Sunday, January 25, 2026, Mr Mchengerwa said regional and council health authorities must ensure that all households in areas where cases are detected are closely monitored, with family members screened and those eligible given preventive treatment to break the chain of transmission.
