STORY: The World Health Organization has said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend. That's after a year-long delay that left thousands of patients, including children, without the ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has clarified that the delay in approving the importation of a leprosy medication into Nigeria was due to its commitment to ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Angeline Awino 70, a leprosy patient, at her home in Budalang'i. [Mactilda Mbenywe, Standard] When Angeline Awino ...

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(Reuters) - Active in the ancient civilisations of China, Egypt and India, and rampant in 13th century Europe, leprosy still affects over 290,000 people around the world today. Here are some facts ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria (Reuters) -The World Health Organization says it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of ...

World Health Organization (WHO) has said it will send leprosy drugs to Nigeria this weekend after resolving testing hold-ups that led to a year-long delay in thousands of patients, including children, ...