However, leprosy is curable with a multi-drug therapy regimen that has been available for decades. Despite the availability ...

The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that ...

India is resolved to eliminating five diseases in the coming five years that include leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, measle ...

By linking arms with local churches and Christian organizations around the world, Hope Rises International works to enhance early detection and the effectiveness of treatments, erase the pain and ...

Egypt is one of the few countries where leprosy persists. But with effective treatment methods and cases declining, some say ...

Leprosy is curable with a combination of different antibiotics, but if left untreated the patients' health can deteriorate ...

Veteran documentarian Stavros Psillakis returns to Thessaloniki with an investigation of the history of the Hansenites in ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

Leprosy has caused one death in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan as of February 2025. Leprosy is not highly contagious and requires prolonged, close contact with an infected person to spread. It doesn’t ...

Dr Lê Thị Mai, head of the treatment division at the Central Dermatology Hospital, always holds close the words of her ...

The World Health Organization has reportedly said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria, where thousands of people suffer from the chronic disease. Bureaucratic delays meant Nigeria ran out of the ...