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Surviving the Storm: Updates from the Philippines
On December 16, 2021, super-typhoon Rai struck the Philippines’ eastern islands, including Cebu: home to our partner, Cebu Skin Clinic. With your help, we sent $25,000 to Cebu Skin Clinic in January to repair the clinic’s facilities and to help people impacted by the typhoon, including those living with leprosy.

Your Gifts at Work: January-March 2022
On December 16, super-typhoon Rai hit the Philippines, including our partners at the Cebu Skin Clinic. With your timely help, we sent $25,000 in disaster relief…

New Steps Forward for Shakti and Anandaban Hospital
When Shakti was 10 years old, she noticed the first symptoms of leprosy. “Both my legs got blisters, and they kept coming back. I had a big wound on my left foot. It became really hard to walk from home to school.” Even at home, it became harder to do her chores, and her parents didn’t let her leave the house.

Your Gifts at Work: October-December 2021
After delay due to COVID-19 and other factors, we are obtaining approval from Brazil’s regulatory body, ANVISA, to begin the Phase 1b/2a clinical trial for LepVax, the first leprosy-specific vaccine. American Leprosy Missions has been developing…

Your Gifts at Work: July-September 2021
Equipping Health Facilities in Ghana In 2019, as part of our work with the USAID Act to End NTDs | West program, we reported on Ghana’s medical system and its readiness to care for people affected by the disease lymphatic…

With a Building, You Restore Hope: Updates from Anandaban Hospital
Six years ago, you responded with compassion and generosity to the 2015 earthquake that devastated Nepal and left millions of people in crisis, including thousands affected by leprosy. Two years ago,…

Lalgadh Leprosy Hospital: Delivering Hope Despite COVID-19 Surge
Your partnership with American Leprosy Missions supports our partners and creates hope for thousands of people across the world, even during a pandemic. Through your gifts and prayers, you join with us…

Building Hope, One Shoe at a Time
It’s important for many people affected by leprosy to wear special shoes that protect their nerve-damaged feet and toes. Feet with nerve damage from leprosy can become cut or ulcerated, and then infected. This can lead to deformity…
Press
Oldest U.S. Anti-Leprosy Organization Awarded Seventh USAID ASHA Grant
(Greenville, S.C., October 13, 2021) American Leprosy Missions, a global leader in the fight against leprosy, was recently awarded a four-year grant of more than $900,000 from the U.S. Agency for…
American Leprosy Missions Awards $41,000 for Innovation in NTDs
(Greenville, S.C., September 9, 2021) ⸺ American Leprosy Missions, a platinum sponsor of the 12th Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases NGO Network Conference, announced the two winners…
Training Program Success with Ghana Health Services Leads to Nationwide Access to Quality Care for People Affected by Lymphatic Filariasis
(Greenville, S.C., December 9, 2020) — The South Carolina-based global health organization, American Leprosy Missions, in partnership with Ghana Health Services, has successfully designed…
Pioneering HARP Database Launches: Improves Outcomes for People Affected by Leprosy by Informing Impacts of Mutations on Drug Resistance
(Greenville, S.C., 23 November 2020) – American Leprosy Missions and the Blundell Group Laboratory at the University of Cambridge are proud to announce the launch of the HARP (Hansen’s disease Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles) database…
American Leprosy Missions Announces 2020 NTD Innovation Prize Winners
(Greenville, S.C., September 10, 2020) — American Leprosy Missions awarded $35,000 in this year’s NTD Innovation Prize during the virtual NTD NGO Network Conference closing session. Funded in partnership with Novartis…
Leading Global Health Organization Welcomes New Executive Vice President of Strategy and Operations
(Greenville, S.C., August 24, 2020) — The South Carolina-based global health organization is adding to its staff with the hiring of an executive vice president of strategy and operations. Joining the team…
American Leprosy Missions partners with Biomeme, Inc. to develop and commercialize hand-held point-of-need PCR testing solutions for combatting infectious diseases like neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and COVID-19
(Greenville, SC, and Philadelphia, PA, USA, April 22, 2020) – American Leprosy Missions (ALM) and Biomeme, Inc. (Biomeme) announced today that they have entered into a research and sales agreement. This partnership…
American Leprosy Missions Announces Program Team Restructure
(Greenville, S.C., March 9, 2020) — The United States’ leading anti-leprosy organization has made changes to its program team leadership structure. Stefanie Weiland has been promoted to executive vice president…