Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.thejournal.ie/leprosy-myanmar-1631051-Aug2014/
In focus: In focus: Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge of leprosy
Around 3,000 new cases are found each year in the country, and medical workers are warning that the debilitating disease could be on the rise once more.
10 hours ago
HIGH IN THE hills of Myanmar?s war-torn borderlands, a clutch of new leprosy cases among communities virtually cut off from medical help is a sign that the country?s battle with the ancient disease is far from over.
It took six days by plane, boat, motorcycle, bus ? and an arduous mountain trek ? for a group of medical workers to treat two leprosy patients in a remote corner of the country, where conflict and neglect are the legacy of decades of military rule and even access to basic medicines is a distant dream.
But the charity-funded medics were also on the lookout for evidence that the disease had spread.
They soon found three more leprosy sufferers, including one man who had such a severe case he required hospital care...
In focus: In focus: Myanmar struggles with ancient scourge of leprosy
Around 3,000 new cases are found each year in the country, and medical workers are warning that the debilitating disease could be on the rise once more.
10 hours ago
HIGH IN THE hills of Myanmar?s war-torn borderlands, a clutch of new leprosy cases among communities virtually cut off from medical help is a sign that the country?s battle with the ancient disease is far from over.
It took six days by plane, boat, motorcycle, bus ? and an arduous mountain trek ? for a group of medical workers to treat two leprosy patients in a remote corner of the country, where conflict and neglect are the legacy of decades of military rule and even access to basic medicines is a distant dream.
But the charity-funded medics were also on the lookout for evidence that the disease had spread.
They soon found three more leprosy sufferers, including one man who had such a severe case he required hospital care...