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Uncovering Molokai's storied history
(20 Mar 2010 00:11)
... overseen by the National Park Service, seeks to ensure that it isn't. In 1865, Hansen's disease — as leprosy came to be known — was sweeping through the Hawaiian population. Panicked, the kingdom's ...
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Island hopping: Seeing six Hawaiian islands in 15 days
(20 Mar 2010 00:11)
... supplies and take visitors to what was once an exile for those afflicted with leprosy (now called Hansen' s disease). The Kalaupapa Trail winds along the 1,600-foot high cliff ...
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The Rippling Effects of One Radio Program
(20 Mar 2010 00:52)
... were living out a nightmare no couple would ever want to face. Sujin contracted leprosy, and he had lost his job as a result. But it was during this ...
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The Black Woman Who Fought Discrimination
(20 Mar 2010 05:24)
... been fighting to help them find a roof over their heads. The families have leprosy and the government made some provision for them to live in a community forest ...
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In Theory:How do you define 'miracle'?
(20 Mar 2010 05:30)
... day full of potential. It is not only a miracle to be cured of leprosy; it is a miracle to be in good health. The miraculous hand of the ...
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Kalaupapa Leprosy Patient Enters 'Not Guilty' Plea
(16 Mar 2010 19:55)
... A leprosy patient from Kalaupapa pleaded not guilty today ... guilty today to smuggling "ice" to the Hansen's Disease Settlement. Norbert Palea, 68, is being allowed ...
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Ankaful Leprosy Hospital Grateful to Zoomlion
(18 Mar 2010 20:55)
... Ankaful — The Medical Director of the Ankaful Leprosy Hosiptal, Dr. Ekow Amankrah-Otabir, has expressed gratitude to Zoomlion Ghana Limited for donating items ...
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Inside Romania's leprosy colony
(15 Mar 2010 06:43)
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My Ordeal Living With Lepers, Sayas Dr. Ayam [interview]
(16 Mar 2010 03:35)
... is the National Support Co-ordinator of the Leprosy Mission in Nigeria, an NGO that was established as far back as 1920, to ...
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Plymouth consultant restoring hospital in Sierra Leone
(17 Mar 2010 10:17)
... remote district of Tonkilili where a remarkable Danish surgeon is trying to reopen the Leprosy Hospital at Masanga. The hospital was once the pride of the nation's healthcare system ...
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Bellingen youth help out in Thailand
(16 Mar 2010 03:34)
... is divided into two sections- one section for the people who are afflicted with leprosy and the other section for people not affected by leprosy. There is a school,a ...
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Life in Jesus's Time -- Sex, Dung, and Herpes
(18 Mar 2010 18:58)
... been cast out as a leper? "Herpes has been recognized since ancient times. And 'leprosy,' as such, seems to have been a catch-all. So there's no reason not to ...
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We should come before God with humble spirit
(19 Mar 2010 00:30)
... have it all. Yet a life altering event had changed his life. He had leprosy a dreaded and deadly disease. After consulting with the best physicians in Syria, Naaman ...
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Officials optimistic despite TB rise
(19 Mar 2010 09:20)
... The National Centre for Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control at the Ministry Health announced Thursday that tuberculosis cases jumped by nearly 1,000 ...
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The Flawed Logic Of Quotas
(19 Mar 2010 19:34)
... not a quota for physically handicapped women, as well as for women afflicted by leprosy - for they are treated worse than pariahs? Why not a quota for women ...
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