Leprosy is on the rise again in the United States, particularly in Florida, concerning disease specialists. According to the ...

T IRUCHY: The findings of a door-to-door leprosy case detection campaign launched last month in three blocks of Tiruchy district have set alarm bells ringing for health authorities. In the ...

Paucibacillary leprosy (less severe cases): 6 months Multibacillary leprosy (more severe cases): 12 months or more The WHO makes MDT available free of charge to all leprosy patients worldwide.

SHAH ALAM: Five more leprosy cases have been detected in the country, this time across five districts in Selangor. Two cases were detected in Hulu Langat and Sepang in January, while three more ...

The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...

SHAH ALAM: Selangor has recorded five leprosy cases across five districts as of Feb 20, with no fatalities reported. Selangor Health Department director Dr Ummi Kalthom Shamsudin (pic ...

Dr. Donna May Sarenas also from the Department of Dermatology, SPMC, said there are hundreds of leprosy cases in the region, and SPMC is continually documenting new cases. “Leprosy is not yet totally ...

ALOR GAJAH, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- The situation of leprosy among the Orang Asli community in Melaka is under control and no cases have been recorded so far, said the State Health, Human Resources and ...

Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria reports over 1,000 cases of leprosy yearly, a disease caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, and mainly affecting the skin, peripheral nerves ...