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    The McKean Hospital Based Rehabilitation Project

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    This specific project, begun in July 2017, continues to provide healthcare and disability services to marginalised and disadvantaged people in ...

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    This phase of the project began in July 2017 and provides elderly disabled leprosy patients with quality, holistic residential care ...

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    The McKean Community Based Leprosy Control Project

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    About Leprosy

    While the prospects for people affected by leprosy have vastly improved, leprosy remains a disease that destroys lives and blights communities.

    Every 2
    minutes

    someone is diagnosed with leprosy

    Leprosy is curable!

    with a full course of multi-drug therapy

    60% of leprosy cases are in India

    leprosy is also prevalent in Africa and South East Asia

    Early diagnosis and treatment

    Can help avoid permanent disability

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    Bikash steps towards the future

    Leaving his remote village in the Nepali mountains, Bikash made his way to bustling city of Kathmandu. He walked ...

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    16.08.17
    People affected by leprosy left homeless by recent flash floods and landslides

    Severe flash floods and landslides have swept across the southern plains of Nepal. Triggered by monsoonal rainfall this month, ...

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