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We said ‘Zero Leprosy’ was possible. Chile just proved it.
The elimination of a disease in our lifetime is rare. But this is how it happens—one country at a time....
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Culion: Beyond the Island of No Return
On a remote Philippine island, a former leprosy colony learns to live with its past. The ferry to Culion arrives...
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Women Who Changed the Story of Leprosy
International Women’s Day invites us to pause and recognise the women whose courage, leadership and compassion have shaped our world...
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Why Do We Run for Good?
A 23-year-old Melbourne runner is crossing India on foot to support children and families affected by leprosy. But his 5,000km...
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Zero Discrimination Day: The Architecture of Dignity
Discrimination does not announce itself. It settles into systems—into law, healthcare and classrooms—quietly deciding who belongs. On Zero Discrimination Day,...
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Saying her name: Alice Ball and the treatment that changed leprosy
In the early twentieth century, a young chemist accomplished what seasoned researchers had failed to do for decades. Her name...
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World NTD Day: What neglect really looks like for people affected by NTDs
World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day exists because certain diseases—and the people affected by them—have been systematically overlooked. Neglected tropical...
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World Leprosy Day: A call for compassion, awareness and health for all
This World Leprosy Day—observed internationally on the last Sunday of January—we remember that leprosy is not just history, health statistics...
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Human Rights at a Turning Point—and Why Ending Leprosy Transmission Is a Human Rights Issue
Seventy-six years ago, the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the foundational text that affirms every person’s...
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