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Dhawni was only ten years old when she noticed pale patches forming on her skin—first on her right elbow, then slowly spreading across her back. Living in a remote village in southern India, her parents had never heard of leprosy.
You probably don’t think about armadillos too much. You might know that they have hard shells. Or that they can roll up into a ball to escape danger. But what a lot of people don’t know is that there’s another very big reason armadillos are so important – they can get leprosy too.
Nigerians affected by leprosy are celebrating today, as the supply of their treatment medication has resumed after a year-long delay.
Thousands of leprosy patients, including over 800 children, have suffered over the last year, as bureaucratic issues halted the supply of the Multi-Drug Therapy (MDT) they desperately need.
In 2024, Dr Itu Singh (pictured below) from The Leprosy Mission Trust India received the Research Excellence Award in the category of Best Innovation in an Extramural Category from the Indian Council of Medical Research.
Discriminatory laws against people affected by leprosy still exist in more than 20 countries worldwide, including Australia.
On a lovely grassy hill outside Winchester in southern England once stood a hospital named after St Mary Magdalen, the patron saint of leprosy.
There’s nothing there now, but the name of the hill—Magdalen Hill—prompted archaeologists to dig there in 2008, searching for graves that once lay next to the medieval hospital.
The British Royal Family continues to confront the stigma surrounding leprosy, with Her Royal Highness Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, continuing a legacy of compassion and inclusion.
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