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International women's day 2023

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Celebrating Women who work in leprosy 
Wednesday 8 March 2023
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Clare McIntosh, SFLG's Chief Executive Officer
It's International Women's Day today. I am delighted that we are celebrating this world day by thanking our frontline staff. Without their tireless work, compassion and personal sacrifice, our goal to see an end to leprosy would not be so close.

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salute you my great colleagues. I wish I could be with you today, then I could say, in person, how grateful we are to you."

Clare McIntosh, Chief Executive Officer, SFLG.
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Thank you to our wonderful medical, nursing and technical staff working at Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal
Treating people with leprosy at Green Pastures Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal
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​Green Pastures Hospital treats and rehabilitates patients affected by leprosy by providing Multidrug Therapy, surgery, counselling by former patients, self-care training for patients to prevent leprosy ulcers from developing and assistive devices such as wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs. The hospital treats around 25,000 people every year and there is no charge for people with leprosy. More on our work in Nepal
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Our many thanks go to Dr Tony and her medical team who find and treat people with leprosy on a hospital boat, Labrea, Brazil.
Diagnosing and treating leprosy by boat, Labrea, Brazil

Medical facilities are scarce for people living in the rural River Purus area of the Amazon where Doctor Antonia Lopez Gonzalez (Dr Tony) operates. She and her team reach people that otherwise could not be found, by navigating along the river in a hospital boat. Thousands of people with leprosy are diagnosed each year.
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Our many thanks go to Sister Mary Bawani and her 20-year mission working in leprosy in Sri Lanka.
Visiting patients and people with leprosy in remote locations, Sri Lanka

The Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary in Sri Lanka work with three leprosy centres: Hendala leprosy hospital, in Wattala, Western Province, Manthivu leprosy hospital, Batticaloa, off the east coast and Badulla leprosy centre, in Badulla. The Sisters visit leprosy patients who are resident at the hospitals, as outpatients and those who live far away in remote communities, often isolated and sometimes alone. More about the Sisters' work 
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Our many thanks go to Sister Mercy and the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Dindigul
Caring for people with leprosy in the community

Dindigul is the largest district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The 200-bed St Joseph Hospital in Dindigul was founded in 1957. The Poorna Sukha Leprosy and TB Project was founded at the hospital in 1972 and now cares for 150 people with leprosy. The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart have their time cut out raising awareness of leprosy within the local villages and caring for patients at St Joseph. 
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Thank you - Navid - for taking such great care of our elderly residents at St Francis Leprosy Hospital, Nyenga, Uganda
Caring for elderly residents at Nyenga, Uganda

St Francis Hospital, Nyenga was founded in 1932 as a leprosy treatment hospital. The residents who live at Nyenga caught leprosy as children. They need help and support throughout their whole lives. N
avid is a nurse at Nyenga. When she was a child, her mother was affected by leprosy and she later felt inspired to work with people with leprosy. Nyenga has five live-in patients with leprosy and she treats them just like her elder family. More about work at Nyenga
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Our grateful thanks to our surgeon and medical staff at the Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre
Transforming surgery in Karachi, Pakistan

The Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre in Karachi, Pakistan, is providing urgent and ongoing medical care, as well as financial and emotional support to people affected by leprosy. Read more about our work at MALC
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Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, Province of Nigeria
Marian Camp, Eleme Ebubu, Nigeria 

Our grateful thanks go to the Sisters of the Daughters of St Vincent de Paul who take care of patients from the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Hospital who live at the Marian Camp.
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Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, Jimma, Ethiopia
Jimma leprosy centre, Jimma Town, Ethiopia

Hundreds of families in the Gingo and Tulema leprosy communities once lived in the streets and at the local cemetery. They described themselves as “living above the dead, but below the living.” Now, thanks to the intervention of the Jimma Daughters of Charity, people with leprosy and their families are becoming proud citizens of Jimma. Read more in the press release
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Sr Sabine Ramasinoro, Head of Marana leprosy centre, Madagascar, speaking at the recent Vatican Symposium on leprosy
Hopital Hansenian de Marana, Marana, Madagascar

Our grateful thanks go to Sister Sabine and all the Sisters who work at the Marana Leprosy centre. Please know that you are transforming lives every day. 
To all women worldwide who work unceasingly, toil against adversity, and who never stop in their quest for justice, health and peace, I wish you a wonderful IWD 2023"

Clare McIntosh, Chief Executive Officer, St Francis Leprosy Guild  
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