Due to employing new therapies, 16 million sufferers of leprosy have been successfully treated, and the number of global cases had reduced to 200,000. 

How does St Francis Leprosy Guild deal with it?
The Guild provides financial help to find, treat and rehabilitate those with the disease and to support those too infirm to work. It sponsors awareness programmes to help eliminate the stigma associated with leprosy.

The Catholic Church’s St. Francis Leprosy Guild is supporting the WHO strategy Accelerating Towards a Leprosy Free World through training primary health workers in early detection and its centres now detect around 2% of all global cases among the poorest of the poor.  If you would like to support their January campaign please go to their website www.stfrancisleprosy.org