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Results

Members of OPALCO - DR Congo's Leprosy Peoples' Organisation - laughing together in a meeting
Leprosy and the disability movement

Persons affected by leprosy and their representative organisations are looking for a space within the disability sector through which they can have their voices heard and their rights accessed.

A group take part in self-care activities in Mozambique
Transforming the Treatment and Prevention of Leprosy and Buruli Ulcers in Low and Middle Income Countries

Developing guidelines for leprosy centres and health centres to promote and support self-care with a particular emphasis on prevention of recurrence of ulcers in the community.

TLM representatives outside the UN building in New York
Self-advocacy work at TLM

A look at our work to train leprosy-affected advocates who can speak on their own behalf

Samir with his wife and daughters
Samir, a business owner in India

Samir has a wife and two children. He was diagnosed with leprosy at 16 and now he runs his own motorcycle business.

A man with clawed hands
TLM International Research Committee

The committee guides our research work to where it is needed the most