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Tag: The Leprosy Mission Trust India

Economic development for social inclusion

The Community Intervention Unit (CIU) attached to Shahdara Hospital of The Leprosy Mission Trust India is dreaming big for women affected by leprosy in Satyajeevan Kusht Ashram (leprosy colony), in Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi.

Building and retaining leprosy expertise

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Training Unit in Naini, Uttar Pradesh, has conducted a 5-day certificate course in leprosy, for health professionals, from March 12-16.

Govt health workers trained in medical rehabilitation of persons affected by leprosy

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) PARTI project conducted a workshop on rehabilitation in leprosy, for Non-Medical Supervisors (NMS) of the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP) of the Government of India, in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, on April 4.

Efforts to empower women, initiatives to promote sustainable livelihood

The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s PARTI project (Partnerships, Advocacy, Research and Training towards Inclusion), has successfully completed a 3-month training course in cutting and tailoring for women affected by leprosy/with disabilities, in Alambadi, in Cuddalore District of Tamil Nadu.

Significant figures: Is leprosy a disease of the past?

How old is leprosy? No one knows for sure. But researchers believe the earliest evidence of leprosy comes from a 4,000-year-old human skeleton which excavated in Balathal, in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, in 2009. But this 4,000-year-old disease is still encapsulated in many myths and misconceptions.