This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally ... from the College of Hawaii in 1915, after completing her studies in ...

[Mactilda Mbenywe, Standard] Medical records at Alupe, before leprosy and other health services were halted in April, indicated six patients below 15 years had been diagnosed and were on treatment ...

Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy’s debilitating symptoms or its social stigma. This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first ...

Under the government’s policy of forcibly isolating leprosy patients, even after treatment methods became ... and 7 to 1 days before death in 92 instances, or 52.6 percent.