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American Leprosy Missions becomes Hope Rises International to reflect growing global work
12 Mar 2025 22:06 GMT
… , S.C. — American Leprosy Missions, a nonprofit helping persons … affected by NTDs, including leprosy. While the organization remains … where people affected by leprosy and other neglected tropical … diseases. Founded as American Leprosy Missions in 1906, the …
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‘Sculpted Souls’ Director Stavros Psillakis on Telling the Story of a Swiss Dentist Who Treated People With Leprosy in Greece
12 Mar 2025 15:57 GMT
… ’s disease, also known as leprosy — through the story of Swiss … in making another film about leprosy and its history in Greece …
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Bedaquiline monotherapy may improve skin lesions in multibacillary leprosy patients, suggests study
12 Mar 2025 08:17 GMT
… bedaquiline in multibacillary leprosy.
This study randomized … with untreated multibacillary leprosy to be given … in individuals with multibacillary leprosy, bedaquiline therapy eliminated … Bedaquiline monotherapy for multibacillary leprosy. The New England …
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Why there is delay in anti-leprosy drugs importation – NAFDAC
11 Mar 2025 15:11 GMT
… importation of Rifampicin, an anti-leprosy drug, into Nigeria.
NAFDAC’s … a BBC report titled “Vital leprosy drugs due in Nigeria after … prevented the importation of essential leprosy treatment.
Mrs Adeyeye explained that …
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NAFDAC denies blocking leprosy drugs entry, says due process not followed
11 Mar 2025 08:10 GMT
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The Nigerian government has been applauded for its innovative approach to student loans, where institutional fees are paid directly to tertiary institutions. Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, gave the commendation yesterday in Jos, …
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Why Patients In Egypt's Last Leprosy Colony Are Facing Eviction
11 Mar 2025 05:52 GMT
… s commitment to improving leprosy treatment protocols and establishing … health organizations to eradicate leprosy by 2030. But … abolished discriminatory laws against leprosy patients.
Patients and … amputation surgery due to leprosy complications. Yet the …
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‘Due process wasn’t followed’ — NAFDAC explains delay in approval of leprosy medications from India
11 Mar 2025 03:14 GMT
… over the delay in approving leprosy medications for export to the … multi-drug therapy (MDT) for leprosy for about a year, despite …
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Namibia records 28 new leprosy cases
10 Mar 2025 22:44 GMT
Communities urged to unite against leprosy stigma
While Namibia has made … significant progress in reducing leprosy cases, sporadic infections persist, and … continued vigilance and action against leprosy infections in Namibia, with the …
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NAFDAC clears air on delayed leprosy drug shipment to Nigeria
10 Mar 2025 19:50 GMT
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The Voice of Women Evolution (VOWE), an NGO, has donated farm inputs and implements to 100 women farmers in Nkerefi Community, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Enugu State. The Founder, Mrs. Sophia Uzodimma-Onovo, who presented the items to the …
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A Young Black Scientist Discovered a Pivotal Leprosy Treatment in the 1920s. An Older White Male Colleague Took the Credit.
08 Mar 2025 17:03 GMT
… for the first effective leprosy treatment globally. But her … remedy imaginable to treat leprosy, even experimenting with dangerous … most effective treatment for leprosy until the introduction of … religious volunteer at the leprosy settlements on Molokai, further …
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