Leprosy patients are treated with a combination ofantibiotics known as multidrug therapy (MDT), whicheffectively heals the patient and thereby also reduces theinfectivity in the community. However, MDT alone isnot sufficient to prevent new cases. Therefore the mainprinciples of leprosy control also include early detectionof leprosy cases [2]. Other methods of prevention suchas immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis againstM. leprae are not yet widely available