Help vaccinate people affected by leprosy and provide vital Covid treatment
Donate nowEvery two minutes, someone is diagnosed with leprosy. That's more than 200,000 new cases a year. Although it is curable, millions of people worldwide are living with the effects of the disease, from physical disability to mental health problems, poverty and discrimination.
We are a global Christian organisation leading the fight against leprosy. Following Jesus Christ, we seek to bring about transformation; breaking the chains of leprosy and empowering people to attain healing, dignity and life in all its fullness.
Everything we do is focused on our goals of zero leprosy transmission, zero leprosy disability and zero leprosy discrimination. We work in four key areas to achieve this.
Purulia Hospital in India treated 58,554 patients thanks to its new outpatients' department
787 children and young people affected by leprosy and other disabilities benefited from mental health support groups in Nigeria
977 people affected by leprosy in Myanmar earned a more sustainable income thanks to coaching, skills training and loans
The Bishop of Peterborough has called for Global Britain to follow the example of the other G7 countries by not cutting its overseas aid target.
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The Covid crisis in India has fast become the biggest challenge in The Leprosy Mission's 147-year history and a 'race against time'.
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Pioneering research is taking place which could see the world’s oldest disease diagnosed by a smartphone.
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