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The Leprosy Mission Australia
- Feb 08, 2016
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Understanding leprosy
Leprosy is a disease that affects people differently according to their immunity to certain bacteria. 5% of people have no immunity. It seems like a category, but it’s more of a spectrum. Some people in that 5% have a small immune response. Others have none.
The World Health Orga...
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The Leprosy Mission Australia
- Jan 25, 2016
- India
The Christ-like compassion of Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi leaving after an interview in Delhi, April 18 1946. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons.
The French humanitarian Raoul Follereau selected the date for World Leprosy Day. He wanted to pay homage to the life of Mahatma Gandhi and his death on 30th January 1948.
Gandhi had a ...
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The Leprosy Mission Australia
- Jul 25, 2015
- Australia
Life on Fantome Island: The Joe Eggmolesse story
Joe Eggmolesse is a third-generation Australian South Sea Islander. His grandparents came by ship to Australia in the late 1800s. His grandfather came willingly. But his grandmother, at 16 years of age, was taken by force in a practice called “blackbirding”. In Queensland and nor...
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