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Mental health: The invisible effects of neglected tropical diseases

The psychological burden of disability and stigma has been overlooked, to the detriment of those affected and their carers.

This important article includes quotes from a number of experts in the leprosy sector.

Pride, pain and parasites: the photography show about the injustice of tropical diseases

Photographing suffering is extremely contentious. But Reframing Neglect finds new ways to visualise neglected diseases in Africa – and their devastating impact on poor communities

Disability rights bodies slam MP

Disability rights organisations have objected to DMK leader and Member of Parliament A Raja's remarks equating Sanatan Dharma with HIV and leprosy.

The Leprosy Mission Trust India, in a letter to the DMK leader, has asked him to reconsider his statement and publicly apologise.

How is leprosy spreading domestically in the US? Some experts point to armadillos.

Some experts say the nine-banded armadillo may be behind a rise in domestically transmitted cases of leprosy. Another group quick to defend the armored creature says there’s little data to support armadillos – which are known to carry the bacteria that causes leprosy – are directly causing the uptick.

Leprosy in the News

Discarded by family, cured leprosy patients in their 60s marry in Odisha

A man and a woman in their 60s, who were cured of leprosy, decided to stay together as life partners and married as their respective families abandoned them years ago.

Austrian former nurse of Korean leprosy patients dies at age 88

A former Austrian nurse, who spent about 40 years taking care of Korean leprosy patients on the remote island of Sorok, has died in her home country at age 88, officials said Saturday.

Armauer Hansen International Film Festival to be Held: The world's first leprosy themed film festival

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Armauer Hansen's discovery of the leprosy bacillus, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative and Bergen International Film Festival are co-hosting a special Hansen's disease programme within the festival.

Inside the last remaining leprosy colonies where victims of biblical disease are abandoned

Efforts are being stepped up to eradicate leprosy from one country but the government still relies on hundreds of 'leper colonies'.