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Nepal hospital trials ‘life-changing’ treatment for leprosy wounds
Doctors at a Nepal hospital trialling a new treatment for skin wounds say the technique, which mimics the scabbing process, has “enormous potential”
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Foreigners in Russia outraged by new medical checks
From the end of this year, foreigners working in Russia must be tested every three months for diseases like syphilis and leprosy, and for drugs. Foreign business associations are appealing to Moscow to revise the rules.
Skull dating back nearly 200 years found on uninhabited Caribbean island shows evidence of leprosy
The remains were found on Petite Mustique, a small island in the Caribbean nation off St Vincent
Leprosy is sadly still very much with us - whatever Paul Baldwin thinks COMMENT
It suggested that those who refuse a Covid vaccine should be sent to what ‘in the good old days’ were ‘leper’ colonies. As the Chief Executive of The Leprosy Mission, I’d like to confirm that leprosy is very much a 21st Century disease.
Amend laws that affect leprosy-hit:NHRC
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged the Centre, states and Union Territories to remove “discriminatory” legal provisions against leprosy-affected persons in the laws of the country.
The Nigerian woman whose life changed when she visited a leprosy colony
In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about a woman whose life changed after she got a skin ailment and later visited a leprosy colony.
Speak against anointed pastors and carry leprosy, Oyedepo warns Nigerians
David Oyedepo of Living Faith Church says that speaking ill of prophets ordained by God and their activities is dangerous, warning that it attracts punishment of leprosy.
Leprosy has a Cure, so has Prejudice, says Miss Universe Brazil
Julia Gama, Miss Brazil Universe has worked with Morhan to deliver food baskets to people affected by Hansen’s disease, with support from the Sasakawa Health Foundation.