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 ...

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

Prevention currently is only the BCG (Bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccine in the market. KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Negeri Sembilan is currently experiencing an outbreak of leprosy with nine reported ...

(In fact, measles was sometimes known as "little leprosy.") The medical name for ... at Harvard University in 1954; an effective vaccine was licensed in 1963. At first, world health experts ...

People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first time in a year from this weekend, the World Health Organization has said.

Nigeria to Receive Leprosy Drugs After a Year-Long Delay By Ope Adetayo and Jennifer Rigby NASARAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) -The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria ...

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first ...