Ntcheu District is making strides in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB) following the increase in sputum collecting points, the district’s acting director of health and social services Dr Emily Jenya has disclosed. She said this on Tuesday during a World Bank-funded media tour organised by National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Elimination Programme. Speaking during a stop
Slowly, but hidden behind the disruptive pandemic virus, leprosy kept spreading. Now Sri Lanka’s health department is working hard to find and cure a cohort of patients before it’s too late.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted leprosy services and led to an increase in this curable disease. Pope Francis and Yohei Sasakawa have called for action.
TOKYO, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ French Raoul Follereau Fondation, Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau and Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will co-host the "International Symposium at the Vatican on Hansen's Disease: Leave No One Behind" on January 23-24, 2023 at Auditorium "P. Agostino Trape", Patristic Institute Augustinianum..