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The Leprosy Mission Australia (TLMA) is a Christian medical charity dedicated to eradicating leprosy, and supporting those affected by the disease. An independent Australian charity, it is an active member of Leprosy Mission International (LMI) a global federation working in 28 countries. [ 1 ]
She became permanent staff in 1962 having become an expert in the treatment of deformities caused by leprosy. She submitted her research to the University of Sydney and was awarded a Master of Surgery in 1972. [3] When the Hei Ling Chau Leprosy Hospital closed in 1975, she continued to work throughout Asia on behalf of Leprosy Mission Australia ...
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.
Wellesley C. Bailey (1846-1937) was the founder of the international charity The Leprosy Mission. [1] In India, in the 1860s, he witnessed the severe consequences of the disease and vowed to make caring for those struggling with leprosy his life's work. [2]
John Hargrave was born in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia. [11] He had one sibling, Barbara Kathleen Hargrave, who was born in 1928 and died after 2017 in Tasmania. John's father, Norman Hargrave, was born in Yorkshire, England and died in Perth, Western Australia in 1938, at the age of 41.
Ross' leprosy work began in 1957 when he joined the British Colonial Office as a medical officer and received leprosy training in Nigeria. He received training in leprosy surgery during a 12-month World Health Organization fellowship in India in 1960. From 1961 until 1966, he was the area superintendent for Nigeria's leprosy program.
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Leprosy, sometimes known as Hansen's disease, is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an aerobic, acid-fast, rod-shaped mycobacterium. The modern term for the disease is named after the discoverer of the bacterium, Gerhard Armauer Hansen .