News & Updates
Moulding children affected by leprosy into leaders
Mr Joseph Rathinam, National Coordinator for Children’s Parliament facilitating a session NEW DELHI: The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) Children Unite for Action (CUFA) project conducted a training workshop for children affected by leprosy supported by the project with education...
Capacity building in leprosy for laboratory technicians working in Delhi government hospitals
Demonstration of f skin smear examination SHAHDARA (NEW DELHI): The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s Shahdara Hospital, in New Delhi, conducted a one-day training workshop in leprosy for laboratory technicians working in Delhi government hospitals, on November 29. Dr C. M....
National meet: #ChampionsForZeroLeprosy
NEW DELHI: The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI), over the last few years, developed over 240 Champions (persons affected by leprosy) who have overcome the challenges of leprosy to champion the cause of people affected by leprosy, from across the...
A day to remind us to recognise, protect, and promote child rights
BELGAUM (KARNATAKA): The Leprosy Mission Trust India’s (TLMTI) Children Unite for Action (CUFA) project celebrated Child Rights Day on November 20 at Muzaffarpur in Bihar and Purulia in West Bengal involving hundreds of children. The children took out rallies in...
An initiative to provide quality and equitable care to patients with disabilities
NEW DELHI: The University of Chicago Medicine; Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence; and Medical Humanities Group, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi – a US-India collaboration (http://bit.ly/2PIbH0Z) - jointly organised a Focus Group Discussion (FGD), with the theme, ‘No...
Young ‘parliamentarians’ celebrate Children’s Day
KOTHARA (MAHARASHTRA): Various hospitals, vocational training centres, and community empowerment projects of The Leprosy Mission Trust India celebrated Children’s Day on November 14, in a big way. Here’s a glimpse of the celebration by IHDID (Inclusive Holistic Development of Individuals...
Equipping the frontline health workers to lead the fight against leprosy
SALUR (ANDHRA PRADESH): The Government of India had declared in 2005 that leprosy had been eliminated as a public health problem in India. Ever since, leprosy has become less of a priority for the Government of India. Allocation of government...