Health campaigners call for an end to the use of the word leper

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Health campaigners call for an end to the use of the word leper
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Derogatory use of the “L-word” has increased during Covid and is said to be further marginalising people with the curable disease

presented to its human rights council last week, people affected by leprosy have lost access to treatment, had their drug supplies disturbed, been cut off from work and have died in high numbers from Covid-19., despite it being a curable condition, has pushed many who suffer from the disease into vulnerable positions where they could not access regular work or healthcare and were even being banished from their communities.

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