A look at TLM Nepal's work to solve some of the major leprosy ulcer issues

Leprosy has been found in animals in different locations across the world, including in nine banded armadillos, red squirrels, and chimpanzees.

Details of TLM's work to develop a post-exposure prophylaxis that could prevent leprosy

In leprosy case detection, women average around 39 percent of all new cases found each year. This is not because of a biological predisposition amongst men, but more likely a result of social factors.

Opinion by Tim Burton, Global Communications Lead at TLM International.

We cannot conduct research alone. We partner with many organisations, universities and research institutions across the globe.

Who cares for the women who are caregivers? Women affected by leprosy have long been invisible—trapped between caregiving duties and social stigma. Dr Beatriz Miranda-Galarza sheds light on their fight for dignity, rights, and systemic change. Learn more.

U Soe Win went from the misery of feeling trapped in his home to speaking to leaders on the world stage at the United Nations' Disability Rights Conference in December 2020.

A couple of years ago I was talking to a diplomat at the United Nations in New York. His country was one of the leads on the UN’s major conference on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and my goal was to persuade him to include a reference to Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Political Declaration that came out of the conference.

WHALE seeks to reduce the discrimination and gender inequality women with and without leprosy face in Muzaffarpur, India, getting them involved in their community and empowering them to self-advocate.

As the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded for discoveries related to touch and feeling, Jannine Ebenso of The Leprosy Mission considers why this is a poignant moment for people who have experienced leprosy across the world.

Ana Ivonia gave a statement at the conference's third roundtable on reaching underrepresented groups of persons with disabilities.

Our mobile clinics in India take medical care to where it is needed most, particularly to people who would struggle to reach a hospital.

A researcher in India, Professor Pawan Agarwal, has been looking closely at ulcers caused by diabetes. These ulcers are very similar in character to leprosy ulcers, and this researcher saw that perhaps sensation could be restored through surgery.

Md. Kamal Uddin is one of four individuals to win the Wellesley Bailey Award in 2024. This is his story.

A look at a project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that is piloting an integrated approach to controlling leprosy, Buruli ulcer and yaws.

As the world’s oldest and largest leprosy NGO, we do a deep dive on whether the king really does have leprosy.