Despite Progress Leprosy Still a Threat in Senegal

Publisher:
Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:
26 January 2014
Tags:
Senegal, Health and Medicine

The Petite Cote, the sun-drenched heart of Senegal's tourist industry, boasts mile-upon-mile of shimmering Atlantic coastline shaded by towering cocoa palms -- and the country's largest former leper colony.

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