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, ...

However, leprosy is curable with a multi-drug therapy regimen that has been available for decades. Despite the availability ...

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 ...

TIRUCHY: 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 ...

Dr Lê Thị Mai, head of the treatment division at the Central Dermatology Hospital, always holds close the words of her ...

KLANG: Contact tracing is being carried out to identify close contacts of leprosy cases to prevent the disease from spreading, says Jamaliah Jamaluddin. The Selangor public health and environment ...

The World Health Organization has reportedly said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria, where thousands of people suffer from the chronic disease. Bureaucratic delays meant Nigeria ran out of the ...

Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Abubakar Yusuf Labaran, has raised concerns over the resurgence of leprosy in the state. He revealed this while speaking during a press briefing on Monday ...