New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to prioritize leprosy elimination and ensure continued funding for surveillance, treatment, care, and support. The organization ...

Mangaluru: The Sparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign (SLAC 2025), a fortnight-long campaign, will be held in the Dakshina Kannada district from Jan 30 to Feb 13. The campaign will be held with the ...

World Leprosy Day highlights the urgent need to eliminate stigma and misconceptions about leprosy. This global observance encourages early detection, treatment, and social reintegration of those ...

Leprosy is a chronic infectious illness that people have known about since ancient times, and it is still a major public health problem across the world, including India. According to the World Health ...

IN OBSERVANCE of World Leprosy Day, the Southern Philippine Medical Center (SPMC) is ramping up its efforts to raise awareness about leprosy. Dr. Silvino Rey Pino, from SPMC's Department of ...

Both the public and health professionals will be surprised to hear of a confirmed case of leprosy in someone living in the Republic. After all, the World Health Organisation (WHO) stated that ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested governments to prioritise leprosy elimination and ensure sustained funding for surveillance, treatment, care and support, while calling upon them ...

Aggarwal called for legal reforms, early detection, and robust rehabilitation measures to combat this issue. S Sivasubramaniam, a senior scientist, revealed that India accounts for 53 per cent of ...

Every year on the fourth Sunday in January, World Leprosy Day is observed. The goal is to raise awareness of a disease that, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), still claims the lives of ...

You can check out at any time. More info Calls have been made for specific guidelines for the public health response to patients with leprosy after a recent case involving a rare form of the ...

A new report on the case of leprosy recorded by the HSE South-West in 2024 observed it presented complex challenges, particularly in relation to contract tracing and the management of close ...

A recent case involving a rare form of leprosy in the south-west of Ireland presented a major challenge to healthcare staff, with calls made for specific guidelines for the public health response ...