‘Sculpted Souls’ Director Stavros Psillakis on Telling the Story of a Swiss Dentist Who Treated People With Leprosy in Greece
Veteran documentarian Stavros Psillakis returns to Thessaloniki with an investigation of the history of the Hansenites in ...
BBC on MSN6d
Vital leprosy drugs due in Nigeria after year delay
Leprosy is curable with a combination of different antibiotics, but if left untreated the patients' health can deteriorate ...
Religion News Service2d
American Leprosy Missions becomes Hope Rises International to reflect growing global work
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 ...
Worldcrunch on MSN4d
Why Patients In Egypt's Last Leprosy Colony Are Facing Eviction
Egypt is one of the few countries where leprosy persists. But with effective treatment methods and cases declining, some say ...
How a NZ charity is helping to 'normalise' the 'disease of the poor' in Papua New Guinea
Leprosy Mission New Zealand is breaking the stigma surrounding the disease by working in partnership with communities and ...
National Catholic Register6d
The Unsung Catholic Sisters Who Care for Abandoned Children
Perhaps the most unsung heroes in the world are Catholic sisters who have taken on the role of mothers for children without ...
Medical Dialogues3d
Bedaquiline monotherapy may improve skin lesions in multibacillary leprosy patients, suggests study
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...
Daily Post Nigeria on MSN3h
Akwa Ibom Chief Judge frees nursing mother, mad man, 52 others from custody
Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon Justice Ekaete Fabian Obot has released a total of 54 inmates in the Four Correctional ...