A vocal advocate of woman empowerment, 82-year old Sally Holkar transformed once dying Maheshwari craft and founded Handloom ... who is working for leprosy patients and specially abled, have ...

Similarly, Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai, a Tangaliya weaver from Gujarat’s Dangasia community, has been instrumental in preserving the 700-year-old textile craft. From the world of literature ...

7 February – Surajkund Crafts Mela Surajkund Crafts Mela is celebrated ... rehabilitation and empowerment of people suffering from leprosy. It is observed on 10 February. It is an initiative ...

The solution? Start making art. Here, a roundup of the best winter crafts for kids, including paper plate crafts for ...

TOKYO, Jan. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of World Leprosy Day 2025 on January 26, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa announces that the Sasakawa Leprosy ...

Wazed said 5.6% of the new cases were among children, with some countries reporting child rates exceeding 30 per cent, indicating ongoing transmission. The Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 has a ...

Colombo, January 30 (Daily Mirror)- A total of 1,800 leprosy cases were reported in Sri Lanka within a year, with 12% of the patients being children under the age of 15. Health authorities stated ...

Dr. Suman Jain, Chief Research Medical Officer at the Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Society, Hyderabad along with Dr. Sujai Suneetha recently visited the Nepal Leprosy Trust in Lalgadh, Nepal as ...

A recent case involving a rare form of leprosy in the south-west of Ireland presented a major challenge to healthcare staff, with calls made for specific guidelines for the public health response ...

The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has organized several activities to raise awareness about leprosy and contribute to the eradication of the disease, in observance of January 30, which is ...

A new report on the case of leprosy recorded by the HSE South-West in 2024 observed it presented complex challenges, particularly in relation to contract tracing and the management of close ...