As 72% of global #leprosy cases are in South-East Asia, World Health Organization South-East Asia houses @WHO's Global Leprosy Programme.
With over 170 laws globally that discriminate against leprosy sufferers, we recognise all too well that this is a social issue in addition to being a medical one.
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We're honored to be at #WHA77 this week. Sundeep Chaitanya V, our senior director of #research and innovation, is representing the International #Leprosy Association with Patricia Deps and presenting a statement tomorrow (Wednesday).
#NTDs #skinNTDs #beatNTDs #globalhealth
Very few know that Ms Priyanka Gandhi Vadra worked for many years as volunteer at Mother Teresa Ashram, #Delhi
She looked after leprosy patients & other poor patients wherein she cleaned their wounds, applied balms, bandages
#ThrowBack