Debunking these myths will contribute towards a stigma-free society. Leprosy is a disease, not an evaluation of one person's ...

Leprosy, a chronic skin disease that leads to nerve damage and skin lesions, has always been feared in history because of its association with deformities and stigma. Medical science has come a long ...

Leprosy has existed for more than 3,000 years and is the one of the oldest diseases known to humanity. Though a cure is available, 200,000 individuals are still diagnosed with the disease each year.

Created with Sketch. Consider everything your body does for you. Thank the different parts of your body. Do your arms let you hold the people you love? Do your legs take you on walks to beautiful ...

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 ...

Mr Das recalled how then PM Goh Chok Tong had "wanted to start an India-Singapore fever". Read more at straitstimes.com.

Of this amount US$4530 was allocated to the Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko and another US$4 530 to the Ida Wekwako Old People’s Home in Marondera.

This is because the body positivity movement has flooded our timeline for years now. There are some who think it promotes unhealthy lifestyles and encourages obesity, but those who support the ...

It's why I sometimes joke that the world was God's science fair project -- on which God got a D. Parts of the Bible attempt to consider the creation, though there seems to be a bias in scripture ...