How stigma holds back the ‘final push’ to eliminate leprosy in Tanzania
Dr Elia Mbando ,*Juma's doctor at the Amana Regional Hospital,explaining the effects of leprosy on Juma's hands. PHOTO|SYRIACUS BUGUZI
What you need to know:
He fears that his fellow men, who always believed he was suffering from a common skin disease, could segregate him upon reading his story and learning that he actually had leprosy—a curable disease that can lead to disability.
