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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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…