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SFLG’s operating strategy is putting an emphasis on Active Case-Finding; early detection followed by treatment with Multidrug Therapy reflecting new global approaches in the ongoing fight against leprosy.
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For the first time in our 128-year history, we will partner with six leprosy organisations in six new projects that will actively find and treat people with leprosy. Read more about these organisations and our active case-finding projects, below.
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ALERT - INDIA
ALERT-INDIA (Association for Leprosy Education), founded in 1978, is committed to improve the health and social status of people affected by leprosy and other communicable diseases with a special focus on vulnerable groups such as tribal, women, children and disabled. The project with SFLG will identify people affected by leprosy, treat, cure, care, prevent disability and the spread of infection. The project will focus on the neglected tribal and rural leprosy endemic geographies of Palghar district of Maharashtra which has high incidences of leprosy transmission, disability, and child leprosy cases. |
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Bombay Leprosy Project
Bombay Leprosy Project (India) is an NGO founded by the eminent leprologist, Dr R Ganapati, who transformed leprosy work from a closed institutionalised approach to a widespread community-based intervention. The project with SFLG will increase awareness of leprosy and COVID-19 in the Dharavi slums of Mumbai and encourage active community life. This project will be achieved by training and engaging local community volunteers who will conduct door-to-door awareness campaigns. |
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Dhanjuri Leprosy Centre, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
Read more about how DLC supports people with leprosy Dhanjuri Leprosy Centre (Bangladesh) known as DLC, operates in the Dinajpur district in northern Bangladesh. DLC identifies and treats leprosy in 13 clinics across the region, provides treatment for local villages and carries out a range of outreach work to detect new cases. A longstanding partner of SFLG's, the project will provide leprosy treatment for local villages and will carry out a range of outreach work to detect new cases. |
People affected by leprosy at the Dhanjuri Leprosy Centre in Dinajpur, Bangladesh
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Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre, Karachi, Pakistan
Read more about how MALC supports people with leprosy Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (Pakistan) known as MALC, has been working in Pakistan for over 60 years in Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In Karachi, MALC runs its own 64 bed hospital and 10 sub-centres. MALC has partnered with SFLG for the past 15 years. The overall goal of the project is to reduce the spread of leprosy, especially multibacillary cases, in the high endemic areas of Landhi Korangi and Maskan-e-Rahat, through early diagnosis and treatment and awareness raising. |
leprosy specialist at MALC treating Hamaz, for an ulcer caused by leprosy.
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Active case-finding in Muniguda
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New Hope Leprosy Trust, Muniguda, Odisha, India
Read more about how New Hope has transformed lives with active case-finding New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust (India) is an NGO founded in 1985 and run by the acclaimed leprosy campaigner, Eliazar Tumati Rose. It is based in the Muniguda District of Odisha where the NGO treats over 2,500 patients a month. A long-term partner with SFLG’s, this ambitious project will check the entire 79,000+ population of Muniguda for leprosy. Over the three-year project term, all those who are newly diagnosed with leprosy, will be reported to the government to be acknowledged as patients and treated by MDT. The project will also establish those affected by leprosy who have been treated over the last eight years and check their contacts. New Hope seeks to change the status of leprosy from a stigmatised disease to one that is treatable and not to be feared. |
Entrance to Anandaban leprosy hospital, Nepal
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Anandaban Leprosy Hospital, TLM Nepal (Nepal)
Anandaban is an acclaimed leprosy hospital and rehabilitation centre, with a world-renowned research institute. It is part of The Leprosy Mission. This project will train 30 community health volunteers to find hidden cases of leprosy in the high-risk area of Nepal’s Province 2, where almost half of all new cases of leprosy are detected in Nepal. The volunteers will also carry out contact tracing and contacts not displaying symptoms will be given a single dose of rifampicin. |
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