Recent reports out of Nigeria and India reveal that leprosy continues to proliferate within impoverished nations.
by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The public health agency noted at the time that more than half of all new global cases of the disease were recorded in India. This statistic remained accurate in late January when Asian News International a majority of the world’s new leprosy cases in large part due to its extreme levels of poverty, a socioeconomic phenomenon closely tied to the disease. The South Asian country is home to one-third of the world’s poor.
Hansen’s disease mainly affects people in resource-limited countries, especially those who live in crowded conditions. Many have difficulty accessing health care due to high costs of going to the doctor and long distances to reach providers and clinics familiar with Hansen’s disease. Because of this, many of those affected don’t complete treatment or don’t receive it at all, even though the WHO has a program that provides free treatment.
“There are 64 leprosy settlements across Nigeria but most are in varying states of disrepair as government support dries up, leaving them to their own devices,” Al JazeeraNigeria, Ossiomo. Care of sick people with leprosy by the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association. A representative for the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control also told Al Jazeera they do not have that figure.127,558 new leprosy cases globally in 2020, according to a January report by the U.N. agency.
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