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The Leprosy Mission is hosting two side events at the Global Disability Summit 2022.

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.

At the UN's major disability rights conference in June 2021, we heard from several persons affected by leprosy who spoke powerfully about their experiences.

Our mobile clinics take medical care to where the need is, travelling around districts where there is a need for leprosy support, but no local provision. Providing a combination of medical expertise and pastoral care, they are a vital part of TLM’s mission.

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

Our advocacy and communication team in India is leading the way in leprosy advocacy work worldwide.

Within the leprosy sector, governments are a crucial and necessary partner on our journey to a world without leprosy. But what is expected from governments?

In some places Covid-19 has slowed down the work, in other places it has completely stopped the work.

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

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

The action doesn’t need to be as drastic as with Covid-19, but the right action could end the disease in our lifetime.

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.

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.

Leprosy is the oldest disease known to man, but we believe that we can be the generation that ends it for good. We believe that there will be no more cases of leprosy after 2035. But we need your support. Here’s how you can help.

What does it mean to formalise inner wellbeing in our work this way and how could you do it too?