News & Updates
Research symposium to commemorate Stanley Browne Research Laboratory’s silver jubilee
Dignitaries and speakers with Dr Mary Verghese, Executive Director, The Leprosy Mission Trust India NEW DELHI: In the early 1990s, a dream was born in The Leprosy Mission Trust India - to do frontline research to find answers to the...
Changing attitudes and behaviour: TLMTI’s College on Wheels project
FAIZABAD (UTTAR PRADESH): The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) College on Wheels project conducted an awareness programme on leprosy, gender and human rights in Kacholi village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on April 10. Over 190 people took part in the...
Making a rural impact: TLMTI’s Dr Manotosh Elkana wins the prestigious Healers of India award
[caption id="attachment_8484" align="alignright" width="453"] Dr Manotosh Elkana (extreme left) with the award[/caption] NEW DELHI: April 11, 2019, was yet another day when a TLMTI (The Leprosy Mission Trust India) staff made history! Dr Manotosh Elkana (MBBS, MS - Gen. Surgery),...
Electoral literacy for effective electoral engagement, participation, and making informed choices
VIZIANAGARAM (ANDHRA PRADESH): With the general election to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha just around the corner, TLM Vizianagaram Vocational Training Centre (VTC), in Andhra Pradesh is making efforts to extend electoral literacy to students undergoing skill training in the...
Joining hands to reach villages that lack healthcare facilities
SALUR (ANDHRA PRADESH): The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Salur Hospital, in Andhra Pradesh (Philadelphia Community Hospital), conducted a free medical camp in Metavalasa village, in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh, on March 28. The camp was conducted in the community...
Want a whole community to thrive? Empower a woman!
SHAHDARA, NEW DELHI: Margaret Thatcher once said, "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." This underscores the point that empowering a woman is key to social change. With this in view,...
This is how 14 persons affected by leprosy came back to normal life
People affected by leprosy who underwent reconstructive surgery FAIZABAD (UTTAR PRADESH): Fourteen persons affected by leprosy received a new lease of life last month, when Dr Premal Das, The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) renowned surgeon performed reconstructive surgery (RCS)...