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World Leprosy Day 2021
World Leprosy Day takes place on Sunday 31 January 2021 and is the biggest opportunity of the year to raise awareness globally about leprosy.
Leprosy is curable and yet many people affected by this disease don't know there is a cure, and are often isolated away from society. This is needs to change.
We need your support to raise a massive one million pounds so that we can continue our vital work.
Visit our World Leprosy Day fundraising page to find out how you can get involved.
Lend your supportWhat we do
Today 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy, more than 50 of these will be children.
We work directly with communities in Bangladesh, India, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to find, treat and rehabilitate people affected by leprosy.
News & Blog posts
An interview with Suzanne McCarthy
In honour of World Leprosy Day 2021, we sit down with Suzanne McCarthy, Lepra's Chair of Trustee's, to discuss leprosy and the importance of our work.
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St Joseph’s Leprosy Centre
Since 1993, St Joseph's Leprosy Centre in Madhya Pradesh, India, has been providing holistic relief to people affected by leprosy.
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Real life history: focus on Zimbabwe
In this section in our series ‘Real life history’ we focus on Zimbabwe, or what it was then called, Southern Rhodesia.
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