WORLD Leprosy day

World Leprosy Day

​World Leprosy Day is observed on the last Sunday of January every year to raise the awareness of leprosy.

This date was chosen by the French humanitarian, Raoul Follereau, as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi who had great compassion for people with leprosy. Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948.

Mahatma Gandhi as pictured on an Indian rupee bank note