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Welcome To The Leprosy Mission Website
International Christian medical mission eradicating leprosy and evangelizing in developing countries. Learn about its strategy and find local contacts.
http://www.leprosymission.org/
Leprosy Info
Information on leprosy, research, treatment, WHO strategy for elimination and global statistics.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Hansen s Diseaseinformation on leprosy, research, treatment, WHO strategy for eliminationand global statistics. Elimination of leprosy as a Public Health Problem
http://www.who.int/lep/

Extractions: Elimination of Leprosy as a Public Health Problem CONTENTS Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy Lessons learnt Technical Advisory Group. Latest Recommendations February 2003 Single Dose Treatment ... Video Spots on leprosy LEPROSY TODAY At the beginning of 2002, the number of leprosy patients in the world was around 635 000, as reported by 106 countries. About 760 000 new cases were detected during 2001. See details here Full control of leprosy has eluded mainly in Angola, Brazil, India, Madagascar, Mozambique and Nepal. These countries are committed to stepping up leprosy control activities. Access to information, diagnosis and treatment with multidrug therapy is essential Information campaigns about leprosy in high risk areas are crucial so that patients and their families, who were historically ostracized from their communities, are encouraged to come forward and receive treatment. Today, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy is easy. Essential work is being carried out to integrate leprosy services into existing, general health services. This is especially important for communities at risk for leprosy, which are often the poorest of the poor and under-served. © WHO/OMS, 2003
Bombay Leprosy Project
Bombay leprosy Project (BLP) is a registered nonprofit voluntary organisation working towards the goal of a 'World Without leprosy'.
http://www.bomlep.org/
Welcome
LEPRA, leprosy, British leprosy Relief ILEP India Brazil Africa Blue Peter Charity Charities TB Tuberculosis AIDS HIV Sponsored Bike Ride Job Vacancy Employment Medical Staff Our vision is a world in which leprosy has been eradicated and the suffering and pain it causes are prevented and
http://www.lepra.org.uk/

Extractions: Reg Charity No 213251 LEPRA is a medical development charity that works in some of the most impoverished regions on earth. Our vision is a world in which leprosy has been eradicated and the suffering and pain it causes are prevented and relieved. Our mission is to work to restore health, hope and dignity to people affected by leprosy.
DBMD - Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) - Technical Information
Hansen's Disease (leprosy). Clinical Features. This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/hansens_t.htm

Extractions: Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Clinical Features This chronic infectious disease usually affects the skin and peripheral nerves but has a wide range of possible clinical manifestations. Patients are classified as having paucibacillary or multibacillary Hansen's disease. Paucibacillary Hansen's disease is milder and characterized by one or more hypopigmented skin macules. Multibacillary Hansen's disease is associated with symmetric skin lesions, nodules, plaques, thickened dermis, and frequent involvement of the nasal mucosa resulting in nasal congestion and epistaxis. Etiologic Agent A bacillus, Mycobacterium leprae , that multiplies very slowly and mainly affects the skin, nerves, and mucous membranes. The organism has never been grown in bacteriologic media or cell culture, but has been grown in mouse foot pads. Incidence In 1999, the world incidence of Hansens disease was estimated to be 640,000; and in 2000, 738,284 cases were identified. In 1999, 108 cases occurred in the United States. In 2000, WHO listed 91 countries as endemic, with India, Myanmar, and Nepal having 70% of cases.
Home Page
Includes links, maps of affected regions and a special section aimed at educating kids on the disease. LEPRA's Chief Executive stands down as President of the International Federation of Antileprosy Associations. - 30/01.
http://www.lepra.org.uk/home.html

Extractions: It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Dr. Jo Colston on 20 th New Chairman for LEPRA India Dr K V Desikan retires as Chairman of LEPRA India and the new Chairman, Dr S K Rao, is elected. . - LEPRA through the eyes of a supporter Two long-time LEPRA supporters joined ourTour of India fundraising event . Read their thoughs and experiences of the trip. - For more details see Click here if you can't see navigation buttons to the left of your screen.
Global Project On The History Of Leprosy
The International leprosy Association is developing a database of leprosy archives around the world.
http://www.leprosyhistory.org
Leprosy
Caring for leprosy Sufferers and the Disabled BENEVOLENT SERVICES, the charitable organisation through which we support leprosy sufferers and other needy people.
http://www.tesarta.com/www/resources/library/leprosy.html

Extractions: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease which attacks the skin, peripheral nerves and mucous membranes (eyes, respiratory tract). Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease because the bacillus which causes it was discovered by G.A. Hansen in 1873. It is most common in warm, wet areas in the tropics and subtropics. As of 1940, a treatment using dapsone is currently being used to supress leprosy. Seldom is leprosy completely removed from the body; it can only be halted using a multi-drug treatment. Of the approximately two million cases (and half a million more each year), only one million are being treated in this way. In addition, patients are taught to take care of themselves using a kind of visual check if they have significant nerve damage. Without the sensations of pain to identify cuts and bruises, patients must watch themselves constantly or be subject to dangerous infection. Leprosy is characterized by multiple lesions accompanied by sensory loss in the affected areas. Usually, sensory loss begins in the extremities (toes, fingertips). In many advanced cases, gangrene sets in, causing parts of the body to "die" (necrosis) and become deformed. Leprosy in all ages has been considered one of the more despicable diseases, and victims have been despised throughout history and kept in separate places (leper colonies, sanitariums). Even today, most people with leprosy are shunned by their neighbors and are held at arms length.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Leprosy
(Catholic Encyclopedia)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09182a.htm

Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... L > Leprosy A B C D ... Z Leprosy proper, or lepra tuberculosa , in contradistinction to other skin diseases commonly designated by the Greek word lepra (psoriasis, etc.), is a chronic infectious disease caused by the , characterized by the formation of growths in the skin, mucous membranes, peripheral nerves, bones, and internal viscera, producing various deformities and mutilations of the human body, and usually terminating in death. I. HISTORY OF THE DISEASE Leprosy was not uncommon in India as far back as the fifteenth century B. C. (Ctesias, Pers., xli; Herodian, I, i, 38), and in Japan during the tenth century B. C. Of its origin in these regions little is known, but Egypt has always been regarded as the place whence the disease was carried into the Western world. That it was well known in that country is evidenced by documents of the sixteenth century B. C. B. C. (Hesiod, quoted by Eustathius in "Comment. on Odyss.", p. 1746), and in Persia towards the fifth century B. C.
Official Leprosy Burial Site
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http://www.angelfire.com/extreme2/freek/
ILEP - International Federation Of Anti-Leprosy Associations
Consists of 17 autonomous non-governmental organisations, based in 13 countries. The ILEP member organisa Category Health Conditions and Diseases Hansen s DiseaseThe International Federation of Antileprosy Associations ILEP consists of17 autonomous non-governmental organisations, based in 13 countries.
http://www.ilep.org.uk/
Leprosy & Health At The Novartis Foundation For Sustainable Development
A fund of the Novartis Foundation (NFSD) for the detection, treatment, and prevention of leprosy.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Hansen s DiseaseNever before have we had such an opportunity to eliminate leprosy. We can doit. Donating multidrug therapy Free treatment for all leprosy patients.
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy/
LEPROSY SUFFERERS NEED COMPASSION
leprosy newsgroup, information and links.
http://www.webspawner.com/users/LEPROSY/

Extractions: TO SEE PREVIOUS MESSAGES IN THE ABOVE FORUM, DATING BACK TO MAY 1997, just type "alt.support.leprosy" in the search box and hit the button. To post articles to the forum, enrol with "Google" for FREE. If you browse through all the previous postings (nearly 400 ) further DOWN the page, you'll find a lot of helpful information. In fact, you'll find some info. on just about every aspect of Leprosy with LINKS galore.
Ananova - Britain's Earliest Leprosy Victim May Have Been Found
From Ananova, a child who died 3,500 years ago may be Britain's earliest known victim of leprosy.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_703623.html

Extractions: Ananova: Britain's earliest leprosy victim may have been found A child who died 3,500 years ago may be Britain's earliest known victim of leprosy. If initial tests are confirmed they will show the disease may have arrived in Britain 1,500 years earlier than first thought. The evidence was taken from a skull unearthed near Dunbar in Scotland. Julie Roberts, a biological anthropologist with Glasgow University's archaeological research division, said: "Although the diagnosis of leprosy cannot be confirmed until DNA tests are complete, the indications that this is leprosy are quite promising. "Most experts agree that the westward spread of the disease came from the Mediterranean where it is believed to have been introduced by the army of Alexander the Great on returning from India. "This contagious disease is then thought to have come to Britain with the expansion of the Roman Empire. "The child is known to have died between 1600 and 2000BC. This would predate the previously accepted arrival of leprosy in Britain by up to 1,500 years. "If this is the case, then leprosy took some other, unknown, route through Europe's early societies."
American Leprosy Missions
in the news ALM targets fleshdestroying disease American leprosy Missionshas started treating Buruli ulcer patients in Ivory Coast and in Ghana.
http://www.christianity.com/alm

Extractions: in the news... ALM targets flesh-destroying disease American Leprosy Missions has started treating Buruli ulcer patients in Ivory Coast and in Ghana. Since 1906, ALM has provided care for leprosy sufferers. "This is a new campaign for us," says president Christopher J. Doyle. Doyle says ALM is responding to Buruli ulcer because of its aggressive and destructive nature. Houses, Hens and Helpers... Srinivasan in south India used to lie in his shack all day, defeated by his maimed hands. He says he was paralyzed by rejection, loneliness, and hopelessness. He didn't believe life could ever be bearable again. In a desperate last-ditch effort to rediscover some dignity, he sought help at an ALM-supported hospital.
Novartis Foundation (NFSD): Mobile Leprosy Clinics In Nepal
Contains an overview of the organization's efforts and initiatives to assist in the treatment of leprosy in Nepal.
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy/leprosy_nepal.htm
History - American Leprosy Missions
leprosy TRIALS AND TREATMENT A Brief History It's Also Called Hansen's Disease. Home Admin Make this my Home Page American leprosy Missions © 2003,
http://www.christianity.com/CC_Content_Page/0,,PTID96718|CHID228980|CIID,00.html

Extractions: SUCCESS, AT LAST: Drug trials on the island of Malta in the 1970s led to an effective combination of drugs to treat leprosy. In 1981, the World Health Organization started recommending MULTIDRUG THERAPY, or MDT. The three drugs, taken in combination, are dapsone, rifampicin (or rifampin), and clofazimine. Treatment takes from six months to a year or more.
Leprosy Control; Indonesia - Novartis Foundation For Sustainable Development (NF
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NFSD) leprosy control project; multiple drug therapy (mdt), detection and treatment for patients in Indonesia.
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy/leprosy_indonesia.htm
Anandgram Leprosy Rehabilitation Center In Pune, India
leprosy and Hansen's disease rehabilitation center. Established in 1970, the center provides industrial training to the patients to rebuild their lives.
http://www.anandgram.org/
Sri Lanka: Integrating Leprosy Services Into The General Health Care System - No
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development leprosy project; detection and treatment, physical and socioeconomic rehabilitation of leprosy patients, social marketing campaign.
http://www.foundation.novartis.com/leprosy_sri_lanka.htm

Extractions: By applying a social marketing strategy and increasing the availability of MDT services, Sri Lanka has made tremendous progress in eliminating leprosy during the last ten years. By 1995, the country had already reached WHO's target of having less than one leprosy case per 10,000 inhabitants. This means that leprosy is officially "eliminated" in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, there are still some regions in the country where the disease is endemic and there are high rates of leprosy. Since the prevalence rates are very low in other parts of the country, specialized and vertically organized leprosy services are no longer cost-effective. For these reasons, the Sri Lankan government - through its Leprosy Eliminating and Comprehensive Care Program - and the Novartis Foundation are attempting to integrate the specialized leprosy clinics into the general health-care services, in order to consolidate the successes achieved so far and eliminate leprosy in every area of the country.

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