Dr Lê Thị Mai, head of the treatment division at the Central Dermatology Hospital, always holds close the words of her ...

Leprosy is curable with a combination of different antibiotics, but if left untreated the patients' health can deteriorate ...

Depending on the stages of leprosy, current medicine has allowed for great advances in diagnosis and treatment, making cure and control of the disease remarkably successful. Leprosy mainly affects ...

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, ...

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

In addition, living in crowded areas or having limited access to healthcare services can also increase the risk of leprosy transmission. Treatment of leprosy In the past, due to the lack of ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria during the weekend after a year-long delay.

Awwal Musa has been able to get the drugs to treat her leprosy for the past year People affected by leprosy in Nigeria should be able to get hold of vital drugs to treat the disease for the first ...

The World Health Organization has reportedly said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria, where thousands of people suffer from the chronic disease. Bureaucratic delays meant Nigeria ran out of the ...

Mrs Adeyeye explained that before any drug could be imported into Nigeria, it must undergo rigorous testing, laboratory checks, and compliance with regulatory requirements ...