early diagnosis and early treatment is very important to help them before they face the worst situation and otherwise suffer from leprosy-related discrimination. Conclusion: Leprosy is not a curse ...

Egypt is one of the few countries where leprosy persists. But with effective treatment methods and cases declining, some say ...

The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that ...

However, leprosy is curable with a multi-drug therapy regimen that has been available for decades. Despite the availability ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — American Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit helping persons affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) like leprosy to be healed in body and spirit, today unveiled a rebrand to ...

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 ...

it faces significant structural and political challenges." Sunday Udoh, head of non-profit Leprosy Mission Nigeria added: "This is the first time we are seeing this kind of very strange ...