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Dimple Kapadia once suffered from leprosy: 'I had it on my elbow...'; know more about the causes and treatment

July 31, 2024 12:28 pm

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease.

World Leprosy Day 2022: How stigma and Covid-19 continue to hamper disease control interventions

January 30, 2022 11:54 am

Measures against leprosy, including case detection and treatment, have been disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic

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Art for inclusion: An Austrian's vision for Indian society

January 30, 2020 11:36 am

Dornik has been working with and for those afflicted with leprosy for years now, encouraging them to get over their pain — one brushstroke at a time.

Supreme Court expresses anguish over lawyers targeting judges

Remove laws discriminating against leprosy patients: SC tells government

April 25, 2018 7:11 am

Continued discrimination meted out to those who had been cured of leprosy violated their fundamental rights of equality, freedom of speech and expression and life and personal liberty, NGO Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy said in its PIL.

BMC plans to pay Rs 1,000 in monthly allowance to 240 lepers with deformities

June 18, 2014 1:03 am

Civic body had set aside close to Rs 50 lakh for the financial assistance of people disabled by leprosy in the 2014-15 budget.

New software to track leprosy patients

October 02, 2009 12:21 am

On the eve of Anti Leprosy Day on Friday,health officials have pointed out that there is a false sense of security among the people that leprosy had been eliminated.