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At first sight one’s natural response might be to withdraw from Bajinath, a small thickset man of about 35 years of age. On his forehead and nose there are a number of…

Sahida is a slightly built woman of about 30yrs of age, she guessed her age as she is not very sure when she was born. She speaks very quietly often covering her…

Dambar Ale writes…. Mukh Lal Yada of Banauta village,  Mahottari district has a lovely wife with three little children. Mukh Lal came to Lalgadh Hospital to present a skin complaint in 2002.…

Although extreme, Kali Maya’s story is an example of the problems associated with the stigma surrounding leprosy that many of those affected by leprosy face in Nepal. Kali Maya is the third…