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Insight into our work across the globe, as well as our thoughts and perspectives on the fight against leprosy today.
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![Tara, on the left, stands at the front of a celebration event in Nepal](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/tarabecab113-a748-4bbd-b4aa-f.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.png)
I'm Taranath from Nepal and I invite you to see what leprosy has really meant for my life. See how stigma and fear has affected me in almost every area of my life and how I have overcome all of it.
![Joydeepa Darlong, our research lead in India](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS9126_RS8771_20170719_110624.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
We could be the generation that ends leprosy for good. Here are three fantastic tools that scientists are working on right now that will push us towards zero leprosy transmission by 2035.
![A smiling gentleman at the Dakwa Settlement near Abuja, Nigeria](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS36953_RS13952_Dakwa-1_1.d58271c4.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
After thousands of years of the disease ruining lives, we are now on the edge of defeating leprosy. Here are three reasons we believe we can, with the right resources, end the transmission of leprosy by 2035.
![A woman in an orange sari looks at the camera](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS37611_RS9456_Budni_Khatun_D.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
Are we still on course to achieve our goal of zero transmission by 2035? In short, yes.
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Here are the perspectives of people at the heart of the fight: people affected by leprosy, people who have spent their entire working lives aiming for a world without leprosy, and people who have been supporting the fight for decades.
![Filomena, with Village Volunteer Tasiana ,and District Supervisor, Martin in Mozambique](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS37949_RS9700_Filomena_w_Vol.b0e979a8.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
Our work will not be finished in 2035. There will still be millions of people living with the consequences of leprosy and we must continue to care for them.
![Two young children sit with their father in India](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS7862_KW1_1556.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
We want to raise the voice of people affected by leprosy and other NTDs. Their plight could be avoided through the eradication of poverty.
![A woman in a colourful headscarf smiles at the camera](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS11731_RS9310__DSC6672_1_Fov.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
We believe we can end the transmission of the disease by 2035 and one of the crucial new tools to help us achieve this is PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis).
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The action doesn’t need to be as drastic as with Covid-19, but the right action could end the disease in our lifetime.
![Lau, a person affected by leprosy, stands on his crutches looking at the camera](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS9581_jlk_jun_23_2016_53_2.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
All across the world there are people that recognise a patch of their skin that has changed colour and lost feeling. They know it might be leprosy, but they avoid seeking medical support. That decision could prove to have terrible consequences, including avoidable life-long disabilities.
![A lady stands in PPE in front of a surgical theatre](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/RS37251_RS14236_IMG_20200303_.b3e480ad.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
Our team in Myanmar have been innovating through the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure they continue to support people affected by leprosy.
![A red squirrel in the wild](https://leprosymissioninternational.contentfiles.net/media/images/squirrel-2827760_1920f61cec1d.2e16d0ba.fill-600x400-c100.jpg)
Here are some of the more unusual things about the transmission of the disease.