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This collection features first-person narratives and profiles from individuals whose lives have been touched by leprosy. From patients overcoming stigma to doctors pioneering treatment, activists championing human rights to researchers advancing medical knowledge, these testimonies illuminate the multifaceted human dimension of leprosy. Organized by geographical region, these stories from Africa, the Americas, Europe, South-East Asia, and the Western Pacific reveal both shared challenges and diverse experiences in the global fight against leprosy and discrimination.

South-East Asia

Purulia Leprosy Home and Hospital from the road leading to the main entrance: the leprosy colony is approached by a long road that would have denoted its separation from the rest of the community. (Sharpe)

Category:Blog

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Purulia (India)

Leprosy as…

Buildings at Chiangmai Leprosy Colony. (Source: McKean Rehabilitation Center)

Category:Blog

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Thailand

Chiang Mai (Thailand)

Dr James M…

Sungai Buloh settlement, 1932

Category:Blog

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Malaysia

Sungai Buloh (Malaysia)

When the n…

Category:Documentary

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Malaysia

Children of Sungai Buloh

Noraeni an…

Category:Documentary

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Malaysia

Descendants of the Wind

Over two t…

Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Malaysia

Sisters United

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Indonesia

Thrown Away Like Garbage

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Mr. Positive

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Indonesia

Budi’s Journey

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Non-Stop Activist

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Going Places

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

‘No Tears, No Fearing’

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

One-Woman Dynamo

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Agent of Change

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Baba Amte: Man with a Mission

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

Making Something of ‘Nothing’

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Category:Testimonies

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

With Faith and Confidence

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Category:Blog

Area:South-East Asia

Country:Malaysia

“The Way Home”

Ean Nee Ta…

Category:Blog

Area:South-East Asia

Country:India

The India Office Archives

The I…

Western Pacific

Category:Documentary

Country:Malaysia

Children of Sungai Buloh

Noraeni an…

Category:Documentary

Country:Malaysia

Descendants of the Wind

Over two t…

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