Currently the site has turned into the National Hansen's Disease Museum. According to latest (2015) data from the Health Resources and Services Administration in the USA, the country saw 178 new cases ...

What is Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease)? Leprosy is mainly a disease of the nerves and skin, caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium Leprae or M.leprae. Leprosy is important mainly because of the ...

He was not on any medications. None of his parents had any health problems. He had been previously treated for multibacillary leprosy (Hansen’s disease) 3 years back and had taken treatment for 1 year ...

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is one of the oldest diseases recorded in human history. References to leprosy have been found in ancient texts from Egypt, India and China dating back ...

Leprosy, known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by a type of bacteria that affects the skin and peripheral nerves. There was no treatment for the condition, which can ...

World Leprosy Day is observed internationally every year on the last Sunday of January to increase the public awareness of leprosy or Hansen's Disease. World Leprosy Day is observed internationally ...

To better understand leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, sanatoriums began conducting autopsies around 1920 at the latest. Under the government’s policy of forcibly isolating leprosy ...

The special trials were held outside ordinary courtrooms until 1972. At that time, leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, was considered an infectious illness, and if a Hansen’s disease patient was ...

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Health authorities have started a special drive to screen over 37,000 people at risk for leprosy in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district under the Kusum programme.