Leprosy's progression and its maintained endemic status, despite the availability of effective treatments, are not fully understood and recent studies have highlighted the possibility of involved ...

The Philippines can claim to have the ‘best-preserved collection of any one artist in the country and in Asia’ as cinema king ...

Methods: People affected by leprosy, aged 30 years and above, resident in eight leprosy villages were invited to participate. Ocular examination was undertaken of each consenting individual. Results: ...

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Swiss drugmaker Novartis will keep making medicines for malaria and leprosy, even if it does not get orders as normal amid the global health funding crunch, its president of global health told ...

Edited by Roland Brosch, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, and accepted by the Editorial Board February 20, 2015 (received for review November 17, 2014) ...

On the 2nd Sunday of May, an unusual procession occupies the streets of Ypres (Ieper), a small town near the French border. The Kattenstoet, which literally translates to 'the Cat Parade,' is fully ...

The only unfamiliar title, “The Happy Leper of Larne,” almost winks from its frame, suggesting a maudlin-cheery cousin to “The Cripple of Inishmaan.” For the Irishtown Players — the ...

She is a graduate of Benedictine College. At a leper colony in Vietnam, Pontifical Mission Societies USA President Monsignor Roger Landry celebrated Mass, brought Communion, and distributed food ...

Brazil has the second largest number of leprosy cases in the world; nevertheless, late diagnosis is common. We report the case of a male patient with pain and numbness in both hands and feet for six ...

which discriminate against leprosy-affected or cured persons. The States were directed to take steps to remove such discriminatory provisions and make them conform with the Constitutional ...