Novel Short-Duration TB Treatment Fizzles
(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Most patients with tuberculosis (TB) who received a treatment regimen that included the repurposed leprosy drug clofazimine converted to negative sputum cultures after 12 weeks, but a substantial proportion went on... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Discrimination, a Killer of Dreams for People Affected by Leprosy
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Yohei Sasakawa. Credit: Sasakawa Leprosy InitiativeBy Busani BafanaGENEVA, Jan 31 2024 (IPS) Tuji Sode detached himself from his family and hid himself from the public, embarrassed by his condition, which in biblical times meant exclusion from society and even death.
Sode, a university student in Ethiopia, has Hansen’s Disease, also commonly known as leprosy. Leprosy is a bacterial disease that, left untreated, can cause severe disability and deformity.
Sode recalls the severe discrimination because of his leprosy. He d...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 31, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Busani Bafana Tags: Active Citizens Aid Civil Society Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Humanitarian Emergencies TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Source Type: news
Namibia: Shangula Urges Action Against Leprosy Stigma On World Leprosy Day
[Namibia Economist] The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, emphasized the need for continued awareness and action against the persistent issue of leprosy in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 30, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Namibia Southern Africa Source Type: news
Leprosy, Polio, Malaria, TB, Measles... And Massive Unscreened Illegal Immigration
Authored by James Varney via RealClear Wire, Successful public health campaigns and medical advances have enabled the United States to conquer a range of disfiguring and damaging diseases. Polio, which paralyzed…#malaria #tb #jamesvarney #realclearwire #florida #jaybhattacharya #stanforduniversity #typhoidmary #artarthur #newyorkcityhealth (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amidst a Horrendous 2023, Civil Society is Fighting Back Society
By Farhana Haque RahmanTORONTO, Canada, Dec 22 2023 (IPS) The year 2023 has brought so much tragedy, with incomprehensible loss of lives, whether from wars or devastating ‘natural’ disasters, while our planet has seen yet more records broken as our climate catastrophe worsens.
And so as the clock ticks towards the (mostly western) New Year, readers are traditionally subjected by media outlets like ours to the ‘yearender’ – usually a roundup of main events over the previous 12 months, one horror often overshadowed by the next.
Farhana Haque RahmanSo forgive us if for 2023 IPS takes a somewhat different approach,...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Farhana Haque Rahman Tags: Armed Conflicts Biodiversity Civil Society Climate Change Climate Change Justice COP28 Economy & Trade Education Environment Featured Global Green Economy Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Nigeria: Kano Detects Highest Number of Tuberculosis Cases in Nigeria
[Leadership] The Kano State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (KNS-TBLCP) announced the detection and notification of 26,271 TB cases in 2022. (Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis)
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - November 24, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria Tuberculosis West Africa Source Type: news
Expanded Access to Clofazimine
This page describes two options for how providers can order clofazimine, a anti-infective drug for the treatment of leprosy. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - November 15, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Floridians should avoid wrestling armadillos unless necessary
I the past few years have seemed biblical. First came a pandemic. Then war, followed by food shortages, fires and floods. Just when it seemed that things could not look more like the end of days, leprosy has joined the list. Hansen’s disease, better known as leprosy, is a tropical malady that is…#clinicians #charlesdunn #rajivnathoo #orlando #florida #drdunn #brazil #indonesia #barrybloom #drbloom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Regaining Momentum for a Leprosy Free World
WHO Goodwill Ambassador Sasakawa with some of the representatives from persons affected by leprosy organizations that participated in the Bergen International Conference on Hansen’s Disease (June 21–22, 2023).By Yohei SasakawaTOKYO, Japan, Aug 28 2023 (IPS-Partners) This year marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the leprosy bacillus by Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen in Bergen, Norway. To prompt reflection on the past and build momentum for a zero leprosy future, the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative and the University of Bergen co-hosted an international conference on June 21–22. The conference ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yohei Sasakawa Tags: Health Human Rights Source Type: news
What You Don't Know About Leprosy
(MedPage Today) -- In this video, Claire Panosian Dunavan, MD, professor of medicine and infectious diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), and Maria Teresa Ochoa, MD, clinical professor... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Should We Be Surprised by Leprosy's Recent Spike in Florida?
(MedPage Today) -- Author's note: In this column, "leprosy" and "Hansen's disease" are used interchangeably. "Leper" -- a highly stigmatizing term -- should not be used to refer to an infected person.
Earlier this month, a report in Emerging... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Despite Recent Uptick, Leprosy Is Very Rare, Expert Says Despite Recent Uptick, Leprosy Is Very Rare, Expert Says
A research letter describes a case of leprosy in a 54-year-old man who worked in landscaping; the patient sought treatment at a dermatology clinic in 2022 for a painful and progressive erythematous rash.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - August 14, 2023 Category: Dermatology Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Growing Number Of Leprosy Cases Reported After COVID-19 Vaccination
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A growing number of leprosy cases are being reported after COVID-19 vaccination, including two cases in the United Kingdom that researchers said may have been caused…#zacharystieber #epochtimes #unitedkingdom #leprosyclinic #pfizer #mycobacterium #findings #barbaradebarros #debarros #fri (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Leprosy on the Rise in Florida
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- A wave of leprosy cases in Florida has led public health officials to conclude the disease-causing bacteria may be naturally found in the state.
In the past, most people with leprosy in the United States had been first... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Leprosy on the Rise in Florida: An Expert Answers Your Questions
FRIDAY, Aug. 4, 2023 -- A wave of leprosy cases in Florida has led public health officials to conclude the disease-causing bacteria may be naturally found in the state.
In the past, most people with leprosy in the United States had been first... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
