GREENVILLE, S.C. — American Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit helping persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy to be healed in body and spirit, today unveiled a rebrand to ...

The film looks at the history of the Hansenites — individuals affected by Hansen’s disease, also known as leprosy — through the story of Swiss dentist Julien Grivel, who treated patients ...

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first ...

Nigeria to Receive Leprosy Drugs After a Year-Long Delay By Ope Adetayo and Jennifer Rigby NASARAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) -The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the second time since the launch of ‘Aswamedham,’ a statewide initiative to identify and treat leprosy patients, the number of annual new cases has remained below 500.

Leprosy is present in 12 countries worldwide, with Nigeria, Brazil, India, and Indonesia among the most impacted, reporting between 1,000 to 10,000 cases annually. Kashmir: Choosing to live in a ...

SEREMBAN: The leprosy situation in the two Orang Asli villages in Kuala Pilah near here is under control and there is no need to isolate the eight patients. The Health Ministry, in a statement ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria - The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients ...

People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first time in a year from this weekend, the World Health Organization has said.