What is the role of advocacy in raising awareness and securing resources for leprosy?

There are two forms of leprosy: tuberculoid and lepromatous. The WHO also classifies it as multibacillary and paucibacillary. The multibacillary type has larger ... Leprosy is a bacterial disease of the skin and nervous system caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The two main types of leprosy are called lepromatous and ... Leprosy is a mildly infectious disease. It is spread by a bacteria called M.leprae and most people are not at risk of developing leprosy if they are exposed to ... Jun 29, 2018 ... human contact with wild armadillos — including eating the meat — has contributed to extremely high infection rates of a pathogen that can cause ... Leprosy ... Leprosy, also known as Hansen's Disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae (an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus). Leprosy ... Mar 13, 2024 ... Leprosy is caused by two different but similar bacteria — Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis — the latter having just been ... Sep 9, 2015 ... Taken from their families: The dark history of Hawaii's leprosy colony. Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. It primarily affects the skin, peripheral ... Leprosy or Hansen's disease as it is currently known, is a disease caused by a type of slow growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae. Infections are ... Researchers believe that armadillos actually inherited leprosy from humans approximately 400-500 years ago.