Africa: Leprosy Increases As World Gives Attention to Newer Endemic Diseases

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Maputo — In the first six months of this year, the southern African nation of Mozambique has already registered 300 more cases of leprosy, some 951 cases, than it registered for the whole of 2017.

The country, which had previously eliminated the chronic disease in 2008, is receiving funding from the Nippon Foundation--a non-profit philanthropic organisation from Japan that is active in many countries across the globe in eliminating leprosy--to provide free multi-drug therapy (MDT) to leprosy sufferers. Leprosy is curable, and if treated early enough disabilities related to the disease can be averted. But treatment can take between six to 12 months.

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