Lalgadh doctors decided they would spend their free Friday afternoon doing a free clinic at Sundarpur (7kms from lalgadh Hospital), a very poor and needy village. They saw 116 patients including 35 children. Whilst at Sandarpur, they met a lady with an affected left foot and leprosy.  She was barely existing as local villagers didn't like her using their local water supply. So krishna Hari and Raj Kumar managed to get a water supply fixed up in two days and a water pipe i...

The government started a campaign to eliminate rickets and dwarfism in children decades ago. However, the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022 has pointed out that 25 percent of all children under the age of five in the mountainous region still face issues related to dwarfism. But the government is committed to reducing the numbers of dwarfs by 2030 Meanwhile the Dwarf Association (which has 200 members and was formed in 2008) is seeking from the government land to build a village speci...

  In December 2023,  forecasters anticipated above average rainfall for Nepal during the winter, but halfway through the season, many areas remain rainless for four months. The absence of rain is causing dryness in mountain terraces and plains, affecting winter wheat and snowfall in the Himalayas. The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology recorded minimal rainfall, contradicting initial predictions. The trend of declining winter rainfall and rising temperatures aligns with global p...

Compared to India and Nepal the numbers are very low but this year has seen an increase in leprosy cases in central Florida, USA. It seems that these cases are not coming from abroad, or from transmission from known cases, but suggest that leprosy is now endemic in Florida. There has been a longstanding connection between armadillos, which are found in Florida, and leprosy but the recent cases do not seem to have any link with armadillos. Researchers are puzzled, but do say that this does not re...

We had some great news just two weeks ago! The next General Agreement between Nepal Leprosy Trust UK and the Government of Nepal was signed on 9th January 2024, after about 16 months of negotiation between our CEO Kamal Shrestha, and the Social Welfare Council officials. Kamal says that the process this time has been 'very long and bureaucratic', and we are grateful to him for his persistence. Because of the long time elapsed, the new agreement is effective from 8th February 2023, so we h...

World Leprosy day is observed internationally every year all around the world, usually on the last Sunday in January, which is the 28th January this year, 2024.  At our Nepal Leprosy Trust office in Richmond, we will be holding a coffee morning on the Friday 26th January, to help raise funds for our work in Nepal. In most countries, even today, people still think that leprosy does not exist any more. World Leprosy Day is an opportunity to make people more aware that leprosy is still a wides...