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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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Kerala-Born Priest, Who Also Ran Marathons, Is England's Youngest Bishop
An India-born vicar, who grew up in a leprosy hospital in Bangalore where his mother was a nurse, has been consecrated as Bishop in the Church of England with a staff, or crozier, made of Indian rosewood.
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Elderly Bengaluru Woman Gets Aadhaar Without Biometrics As Special Case
A 65-year-old Bengaluru woman, who lost her hands and vision due to leprosy, was enrolled for an Aadhaar card without the mandatory biometrics of her iris and fingerprints to restore her monthly welfare pension, her doctor said.
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Doctors Turn Polling Personnel To Ensure Leprosy Patients Vote In Bengal
Voters of a leprosy colony in Bankura district of West Bengal today exercised their franchise freely as a polling booth was marked exclusively for them inside a hospital where doctors turned into polling personnel.
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5 Dead in Suicide Blast at Nigeria Leprosy Hospital
At least five people have been killed and 10 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, emergency services said Sunday.
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5 Dead in North East Nigeria Suicide Blast: Emergency Services
At least five people have been killed and 10 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, emergency services said.
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With No Staff at This Mumbai Hospital, Leprosy Patients Turn Doctors, Ward Boys
At a government care centre in Mumbai, leprosy patients are busy cleaning and dressing each other's wounds. Some of them are even mopping the hospital's floor to keep their surroundings clean.
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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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Kerala-Born Priest, Who Also Ran Marathons, Is England's Youngest Bishop
An India-born vicar, who grew up in a leprosy hospital in Bangalore where his mother was a nurse, has been consecrated as Bishop in the Church of England with a staff, or crozier, made of Indian rosewood.
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Elderly Bengaluru Woman Gets Aadhaar Without Biometrics As Special Case
A 65-year-old Bengaluru woman, who lost her hands and vision due to leprosy, was enrolled for an Aadhaar card without the mandatory biometrics of her iris and fingerprints to restore her monthly welfare pension, her doctor said.
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Doctors Turn Polling Personnel To Ensure Leprosy Patients Vote In Bengal
Voters of a leprosy colony in Bankura district of West Bengal today exercised their franchise freely as a polling booth was marked exclusively for them inside a hospital where doctors turned into polling personnel.
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5 Dead in Suicide Blast at Nigeria Leprosy Hospital
At least five people have been killed and 10 wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, emergency services said Sunday.
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5 Dead in North East Nigeria Suicide Blast: Emergency Services
At least five people have been killed and 10 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a leprosy hospital on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, emergency services said.
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With No Staff at This Mumbai Hospital, Leprosy Patients Turn Doctors, Ward Boys
At a government care centre in Mumbai, leprosy patients are busy cleaning and dressing each other's wounds. Some of them are even mopping the hospital's floor to keep their surroundings clean.
