a Kolkata-based home for the rehabilitation of children suffering with leprosy. Talking to reporters, Waugh said, "while touring India during one of our games, I happened to visit the Missionaries of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested governments to prioritise leprosy elimination and ensure sustained funding for surveillance, treatment, care and support, while calling upon them ...

You can check out at any time. More info Calls have been made for specific guidelines for the public health response to patients with leprosy after a recent case involving a rare form of the ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

The bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine, initially developed to provide protection against TB, also protects against leprosy; and the magnitude of this effect varies. Previous meta-analyses ...

NEW DELHI: As many as 1,82,815 new leprosy cases were reported across more than 100 countries in 2023, with 95 per cent of these cases concentrated in 23 global priority countries, said the WHO on ...

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 ...

In a separate note, Cardinal Roche described Mother Teresa as “a beacon of hope, small in stature yet great in love, a witness to the dignity and privilege of humble service in the defense of ...

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 ...

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their ...

My mother remarried in 2000 to a man that we didn’t really care for. My husband and I tolerated him, but overall we never got close to him. Both had children from prior marriages. They had no ...