Leprosy is curable with treatment.Treatment for leprosy is with the medications dapsone and rifampicin for 6 months.Treatment for multibacillary leprosy consists of rifampicin, dapsone, and clofazimine for 12 months. These treatments are provided for free by the World Health Organization.A number of other antibiotics may also be used.Globally in 2012 the number of chronic cases of leprosy was 189,000 and the number of new cases was 230,000.The number of chronic cases has decreased from some 5.2 million in the 1980s. Most new cases occur in 16 countries, with India accounting for more than half. In the past 20 years, 16 million people worldwide have been cured of leprosy.

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