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Lepra News Summer 2021
Special Issue: COVID-19 Emergency Vaccination Appeal
Our Summer 2021 edition of Lepra News is out! Read now!
In this issue we look at the vaccine inequity issues facing India and Bangladesh, and Lepra's work delivering vital COVID-19 vaccinations to people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF), who are already at the bottom of the global health system. They are subject to social isolation, discrimination and rejection at every turn, and COVID-19 has only exacerbated this around the world.
Just £19 allows us to provide someone with leprosy or LF both doses of the vaccine in a safe and dignified location.
Your donation today will make a difference.
Lend your supportToday, 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy; 50 of those will be children.
Over 3 million people across the globe are living with the undiagnosed leprosy. Leprosy is not a disease of the past, it still exists and it is still destroying lives.
COVID-19 Emergency Vaccination Appeal
The second wave of COVID-19 in India has derailed its health system. Lepra is delivering lifesaving COVID-19 vaccinations and we…
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News & Blog posts
International Day of Peace: from the archives
On 21st September we celebrate the International Day of Peace and look back through some of the turbulent times that Lepra has worked through.
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World Humanitarian Day 2021 - How Lepra responded to the humanitarian crisis caused by COVID-19.
On World Humanitarian Day 2021, Dr Aparna Srikantam, Head of Research at Lepra’s Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC) shared details of Lepra’s humanitarian response to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis via the NTD NGO Network (NNN).
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World Humanitarian Day: Sungai Buloh
Each year, World Humanitarian Day focuses on bringing recognition to humanitarian workers that have risked, and in some cases ultimately lost their lives in the course of their work.
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