With thanks to Global Health Now and NPR
'Stigma remains strong, hampering reintegration efforts. Many former patients and their families still face job discrimination and social exclusion— “which can be more problematic than the disease itself,” said Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination.'
Read in full: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/g-s1-108321/leprosy-india-colony
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org