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Kanyakumari To Kashmir: Indo-Australian Man Runs To End Leprosy Stigma
A childhood memory from Rishikesh, a cricketing hero from Australia, and 4,700 kilometres of road - that is what brought 23-year-old Om Satija back to India. Not as a tourist, but as an ultramarathoner on a mission to end the stigma around leprosy.
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Chile Becomes First In The Americas To Eliminate Leprosy, WHO Verifies
Chile has become the first country in the Americas to be officially verified by the World Health Organization for eliminating leprosy as a public health problem. The milestone follows more than 30 years without locally transmitted cases and sustained
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Leprosy-Free India Mission: Government To Ensure Free Screening And Treatment Nationwide
Free diagnosis and multi-drug treatment at public health hospitals is ensuring that India remains leprosy-free, said the government on Friday.
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25 Districts In Gujarat Bring Leprosy Cases Below Elimination Threshold
On the eve of Anti Leprosy Day, Gujarat has reported significant progress in its fight against leprosy, bringing disease prevalence below the elimination threshold of one case per 10,000 population in 25 districts, official
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Reporting Leprosy Now Mandatory In Maharashtra, Mandate To Curb Spread
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In a major boost to fight leprosy, the Maharashtra government on Saturday declared that the chronic infectious condition is a “notifiable disease”.
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Leprosy: Know The Symptoms And Risk Factors Of This Condition
Detection of leprosy in the early stage is difficult as the bacteria multiply slowly, the average incubation period of the disease is 5 years. Symptoms may take up to 20 years to appear which leads to an unintentional delay in diagnosis.
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World Leprosy Day 2019: What Is Leprosy? Know The Symptoms, Causes And Who Is At Risk
World Leprosy Day 2019: The day aims to spread awareness about leprosy, the impact of discrimination and social stigma attached to the disease.
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World Leprosy Day 2009
This day is celebrated to increase awareness about the disease and encourage feelings of solidarity towards the people suffering from this discriminating disease. Manisha Goel gives the facts
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Campaigns to mark World Leprosy Week
On the occasion of the World Leprosy Week, that has started from the January 27th, 2002 the Leprosy Mission of India organised a variety of awareness programmes. This includes putting up posters and banners outside various institutions and distributing literature to dispel myths about the disease. Leprosy is an infectious disease that is fully cu...
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Kanyakumari To Kashmir: Indo-Australian Man Runs To End Leprosy Stigma
A childhood memory from Rishikesh, a cricketing hero from Australia, and 4,700 kilometres of road - that is what brought 23-year-old Om Satija back to India. Not as a tourist, but as an ultramarathoner on a mission to end the stigma around leprosy.
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Chile Becomes First In The Americas To Eliminate Leprosy, WHO Verifies
Chile has become the first country in the Americas to be officially verified by the World Health Organization for eliminating leprosy as a public health problem. The milestone follows more than 30 years without locally transmitted cases and sustained
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Leprosy-Free India Mission: Government To Ensure Free Screening And Treatment Nationwide
Free diagnosis and multi-drug treatment at public health hospitals is ensuring that India remains leprosy-free, said the government on Friday.
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25 Districts In Gujarat Bring Leprosy Cases Below Elimination Threshold
On the eve of Anti Leprosy Day, Gujarat has reported significant progress in its fight against leprosy, bringing disease prevalence below the elimination threshold of one case per 10,000 population in 25 districts, official
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Reporting Leprosy Now Mandatory In Maharashtra, Mandate To Curb Spread
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) In a major boost to fight leprosy, the Maharashtra government on Saturday declared that the chronic infectious condition is a “notifiable disease”.
-
Leprosy: Know The Symptoms And Risk Factors Of This Condition
Detection of leprosy in the early stage is difficult as the bacteria multiply slowly, the average incubation period of the disease is 5 years. Symptoms may take up to 20 years to appear which leads to an unintentional delay in diagnosis.
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World Leprosy Day 2019: What Is Leprosy? Know The Symptoms, Causes And Who Is At Risk
World Leprosy Day 2019: The day aims to spread awareness about leprosy, the impact of discrimination and social stigma attached to the disease.
-
World Leprosy Day 2009
This day is celebrated to increase awareness about the disease and encourage feelings of solidarity towards the people suffering from this discriminating disease. Manisha Goel gives the facts
-
Campaigns to mark World Leprosy Week
On the occasion of the World Leprosy Week, that has started from the January 27th, 2002 the Leprosy Mission of India organised a variety of awareness programmes. This includes putting up posters and banners outside various institutions and distributing literature to dispel myths about the disease. Leprosy is an infectious disease that is fully cu...
