Leprosy

Leprosy is an infectious and chronic disease that affects mostly the skin, the peripheral nerves, the mucous membrane and the eyes. The physical mutations caused by the disease result in an exclusion of lepers in society. In most cases those who are affected by leprosy are not able to afford any kind of medical help.

Leprosy can be cured nowadays with the very effective medication MDT. The disease still exists in very poor countries especially in Asia, Africa and South America.

Recent surveys by the WHO (2002) showed that there are at least 620.000 new leprosy cases every year worldwide. This number only represents the recorded cases and not those who have not been detected or are hiding.

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