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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.
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.
Our team in Myanmar have been innovating through the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure they continue to support people affected by leprosy.
Here are some of the more unusual things about the transmission of the disease.
Understanding the transmission of leprosy will help us to combat transmission of the disease, as well as other problems associated with leprosy.
We live in a world of devastating inequality. Covid-19 has made that painfully clear. It has to stop.
In some places Covid-19 has slowed down the work, in other places it has completely stopped the work.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a difficult experience for billions of people, but for people affected by leprosy, it has been a time of incredible difficulty. Our partners at GPZL have been looking into exactly what this means.
Our teams have been working hard to adapt the latest technology so that we can still offer all the support we can throughout lockdown.
Despite the difficulties many of us are facing due to Covid-19, now would be the worst time to forget about people affected by leprosy.
It is no coincidence that hardly any white people are diagnosed with leprosy.
Throughout history, the odious term ‘leper’ has been used as an insult to those affected by leprosy