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Patron Saint for Human Rights
Leprosy
is an ancient disease, known to humanity for thousands of years. The first
written records While traditional healers in countries like India had been using herbal medicines such as Chaulmongra oil for treating the disease, the first modern drug to treat was Dapsone (Sulfone) discovered around the time of second world war. The first really effective treatment to cure leprosy, a combination of drugs called MDT, became available in early nineteen eighties. Since then about 15 million persons have been treated with MDT and their infection has been cured. In the recent years, every year there are around 250,000 new cases of leprosy in the world. While today leprosy can be treated easily, millions of persons affected by the disease continue to face exclusion, discrimination and social stigma. Read more about the disease (under preparation):
Learning more about leprosy: AIFO website has lot more information about leprosy including self-learning courses, meeting reports, research reports, etc. you that you can find under Online Resources.
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AIFO, Via
Borselli 4-6, 40135 Bologna, Italy
Tel: +390-51-4393.211 Fax: +390-51-434046 Email: info@aifo.it
of leprosy go back to 3000 years. For centuries, Catholic
church has played an important role in taking care of persons affected with
leprosy around the world.