Leprosy is a disease that has often been shrouded in stigma and misconception . But contrary to popular belief, it is quite manageable especially with the advent of multidrug therapy (MDT) which helps ...

The pamphlets distributed by the BBMP staff members will have the details on how leprosy spreads and what are the symptoms ...

Department of Dermatology recorded 35 new leprosy-patient admissions last year. “They are from Davao City, some from Davao ...

Leprosy, a chronic and treatable infectious disease, affects the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes. Early detection is ...

World Leprosy Day, observed on the fourth Sunday in January, aims to raise awareness about leprosy, which affects over 2 lakh people annually.

The campaign, which will be conducted from January 31 to February 14, an official of Thane Zilla Parishad (ZP) said in a ...

A special 14-day drive to screen 48 lakh residents for leprosy cases has been launched in Thane district. With 711 cases detected in nine months, heal ...

Hansen's disease mainly affects the eastern and western provinces. Although with multi-drug therapy (MDT) Sri Lanka has reduced cases, it remains a ‘high incidence country’.

Tens of millions of people are still drinking arsenic-contaminated water 30 years after ‘the greatest mass poisoning in ...

Therefore, people who manifest these types of skin lesions are often unsure of where they came from. Also, because leprosy has become a rare disease, expertise or knowledge about the condition has ...