The Korean Hansen Welfare Association(KHWA) is responsible for the central role of leprosy activ-ities in our country.

KHWA is managing the activities of 11-city and provincial branches, and NGO(Non-Goverment Organization) and is also in charge of the central registry, which was transfered from the gove- rment in 1977. We analyze various atastics on leprosy patients and use them in practical, and we also closely study bacillary negative patients among registered patients to let them return to the community.