To raise awareness about leprosy, Purple Day is observed around the world. To mark the day, in this article, we have ...

However, leprosy is curable with a multi-drug therapy regimen that has been available for decades. Despite the availability ...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine showed that by 4 weeks of treatment, bedaquiline monotherapy ...

While leprosy has been largely contained in the country, sporadic cases persist, prompting the Ministry of Health and Social Services to intensify its efforts to eliminate the disease by 2027.Speaking ...

Following a year-long shortage that left thousands of patients, including children, without necessary medication to prevent disabilities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed that it will ...

Dr Lê Thị Mai, head of the treatment division at the Central Dermatology Hospital, always holds close the words of her mentors: "To treat leprosy, you must see the patients as family." "Leprosy is a ...

The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...

The disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affects the skin, peripheral nerves and eyes. It is curable with multi-drug therapy (MDT), but without treatment patients suffer from disfiguring sores ...

The following is a summary of “A rapid and sensitive extraction-free HiFi-LAMP assay for detecting Mycobacterium leprae,” published in the March 2025 issue of International Journal of Infectious ...

Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K. Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and ...

The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Luzon and Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in the City of San Fernando opened a Hansen’s Clinic insid ...