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ALERT is a medical facility on the edge of Addis Ababa, specializing in Hansen's disease, also known as “leprosy”. It was originally the All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center (hence the acronym), but the official name is now expanded to include tuberculosis: All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre.
Initially he was effectively in charge of leprosy work in Ethiopia, based at the Princess Zenebework Hospital and leprosarium. [23] This changed after the formation of ALERT (All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center) in Addis Ababa in 1965. He then became chief of the Leprosy Control Project, Imperial Ethiopian Ministry of Public ...
Countries where the Leprosy Mission is active as of 2011. The Leprosy Mission is an international and inter-denominational Christian NGO, the largest and oldest organisation working in the fight against leprosy. Founded as the Mission to Lepers, [1] it has the goal of zero leprosy transmission by 2035.
The asylum superintendents believe that this separation was beneficial in order to avoid infecting the children of diseased parents and to prevent further births. At this time, there were still debates about the transmission of the disease. The Leprosy Mission were heartened to find that the separated children did not develop the disease. [55]
St.Thomas Mission Hospital & Institute of Medical Sciences, Kattanam, Kerala Hospitals of ERBHS ERBHS (Eastern Regional Board of Health Services) runs 7 hospitals in Central India which belong to the Church of North India.
Leprosy has historically been associated with social stigma, which continues to be a barrier to self-reporting and early treatment. [4] Leprosy is classified as a neglected tropical disease. [21] World Leprosy Day was started in 1954 to draw awareness to those affected by leprosy. [22] [4] The study of leprosy and its treatment is known as ...
It was established in 1957 with the aid of the Christian International Non-government organisation, The Leprosy Mission (TLM) in Lele, the southern part of Lalitpur. [8] Since 2005, TLM Nepal has been working as an independent NGO to provide specialist tertiary care and technical support for Leprosy control programs with the partnership between ...
Construction on the hospital began in 1922, which became the biggest building in Ethiopia at the time. In 1928, having initially launched the Abyssinian Frontiers Mission in 1927, then merged it with SIM (at that time "Sudan Interior Mission") in Ethiopia, Dr. Lambie negotiated permission to begin mission work south of Addis Ababa, as far as ...