Monthly Archives: January 2009
Leprosy as a challenge
Leprosy is a debilitating, disfiguring disease that brings social exclusion and humiliation to millions of sufferers across the world. It is so deeply burned into the human psyche that in some languages the noun for the victims alone causes fear … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, common cause, law of reciprocity, Leprosy, social exclusion
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Putting An End To Leprosy
This site has one simple aim – to bring an end to Leprosy Leprosy is curable and preventable and with sufficient human effort could be eradicated completely from the world. It has been curable since the 1980s and treatment is … Continue reading
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Tagged Hansen, Leprae, Leprosy, Mycobacterium, stigma, World Leprosy Day
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