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Month: September 2018

Now I can proudly say I am ‘Sujatha’

Being the youngest daughter of the family, Sujatha is a much-pampered girl. Raparthi Bapanna, her father, a hard-working mason who earns around Rs 200 (2.90 USD approximately) daily, saved enough to marry off his two elder daughters. Sujatha, the youngest, stayed with him in their rented house in Mallipudi village in Vizianagaram district in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

TLM Vizianagaram VTC receives award from the Govt of India

We had earlier reported about TLMTI’s vocational training centre in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh having been ranked among India’s top 10 Industrial Training Institutes.

All for taking better care of hospital inpatients affected by leprosy

Imagine the relief the kitchen staff of TLM Naini Hospital, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who make over 400 Chapathis for 150 hospital in-patients every day, have when they received a ‘roti making machine’, which will make the Chapathis in minutes!

It has changed now!

The World Health Organization’s 2017 leprosy statistics are out

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leprosy (full text). The Guidelines provide state-of-the-art knowledge and evidence on leprosy diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

It has changed now!