Leprosy Is Not Quite Yet A Disease Of The Past
September 16, 20177:00 AM ET
Susan Brink
Leprosy is an ancient disease, a biblical curse and, even in the 21st century, a cultural shame so severe that in some countries, patients are sent to live in isolated colonies or tossed out of their own homes.
"I met a woman whose husband and children forced her to live in the cow shed," says Gareth Shrubshole, programs and advocacy officer at the Leprosy Mission. "Her boys refused to share a meal with their own mother." That was in India.
http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/09/16/551057795/leprosy-is-not-quite-yet-a-disease-of-the-past
