Over the last few years, we’ve noticed a shift in the demographics in the community we serve. We have noticed increasingly more aging adults living with leprosy. When anyone contracts leprosy, it is very heartbreaking because they are often shunned by everyone and...
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Most leprosy patients have ulcers on their hands and feet which limits their ability to work. Between the wounds and the severe stigma that surrounds leprosy, most are left to beg on the streets. It is humiliating, but they do it for survival and to support and feed...