PATIENTS

Happy Nepalese family taking possession of their new home (Nepal Lepramism leaders on the right and left)

Keeping the foot clean and constantly checking it can prevent damage

Leprosy is not hereditary, it is an acquired disease! Parents who were previously ill will have a healthy baby!

Five-year-old Sonia from India has the tell-tale signs of leprosy on her face

Eight-year-old Rabiul shows signs of advanced leprosy on his face and hands

Woman severely maimed by the effects of leprosy

The spots on seven-year-old Dijan's arm from leprosy

22-year-old Jooli's hand in Calcutta curved so much in 3 years

"Even today, every 2 minutes someone on Earth is diagnosed with leprosy!"

10-year-old Akifa in hospital bed

Akifa's hand up close

Akifa after recovery

Akifa can return home to his family

This is how Árti arrived...

... and after 6 months he left the hospital like this!

Young Aruna's hand is already severely deformed!

Paralysed, inflamed eyes (Calcutta)

Deformed hand

Deformed and numb feet

The nose falls in, eyebrows and eyelashes fall out

Paralysis of the face

That's all you have left of your two hands

Decades of disused hands

Forgotten for decades (China)

Infected at a young age, but traces remain

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Hand examination

Hand testing 2

Curled fingers due to leprosy

Burnt girl in leprosy hospital in Calcutta

Physiotherapy is very important

Self-help group

Wound dressing twice a day (Calcutta)

There is a lot to fix (Kolkata)