Dr Kumar explained that leprosy’s long incubation period — which can range from 10 to 20 years — also complicates early ...

Jordan eliminated leprosy, but stigma hinders India, Brazil, and Indonesia. Stigma causes isolation and discourages treatment ...

The appeal will be launched at a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, 29 January 2026. The event is being co-hosted by ...

Children in some of the world’s poorest communities are facing a growing risk of leprosy, as reductions in overseas aid ...

Despite Fiji recording between four and eight locally acquired cases each year, Mr Ravunawa said confidence remained high ...

Leprosy, as Oliver Basciano notes in his fascinating and humane book Outcast, is more than an illness. It’s a byword, a “cultural artefact” that functions as “a receptacle for nightmares and prejudice ...

Is leprosy contagious? Doctor explains why Hansen's disease is not highly infectious, how it really spreads, and why early ...

Access to treatment for leprosy is essential to global efforts to eliminate leprosy, says the World Health Organization (WHO) ahead of World Leprosy Day, to be observed on 25 January. Leprosy is an ...

The Kwara State Government has called on all stakeholders to collaborate with the Government in forming a united front ...

A total of 1,282 new leprosy cases were reported in Sri Lanka in 2025, with nearly 10 per cent of the patients being children ...

Dodoma. The minister for Health, Mr Mohamed Mchengerwa, has directed regional medical officers to step up surveillance, screening and follow-up of leprosy patients as Tanzania intensifies efforts to ...

Every year, on the last Sunday of January, the world observes World Leprosy Day. In 2026, this falls on today, 25th January.