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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Inside Romania's leprosy colony (15 Mar 2010 06:43)

    This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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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