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Act now to eliminate leprosy! Early detection & prompt treatment are key to preventing disabilities & halting transmission. Leprosy is curable, but timely action is crucial. Learn the signs, spread awareness, and support those affected. #WorldLeprosyDay #ActNow #UniteActEliminate

Let's end leprosy and the stigma surrounding it! This disease is curable, and with global effort, we can achieve a leprosy-free future. Raise awareness and dispel myths, to help build a more inclusive world. Join the movement! #WorldLeprosyDay #EndStigma #UniteActEliminateLeprosy

Women and children 📊 are disproportionately affected by leprosy. In 2023: 👩39.8% of new cases were women. 👶5.6% were children. To eliminate leprosy, we must amplify the voices of persons with lived experiences. 🌍 It’s time to unite and act. #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

📉Over the past three decades, leprosy cases have dropped by 67%, and child cases by 83%. How to build on this progress to achieve a leprosy-free world? By mobilizing resources and investing in diagnostics. Learn more➡️bit.ly/4gstX74 #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

For 3-4 million people living with visible impairments due to leprosy, self-care 🩹 is crucial. Through self-care, we can stop visible impairments to 🦶👁️ 👐 before they start. #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminateLeprosy #ActNow

Leprosy isn’t just a physical disease. It also impacts mental and emotional wellbeing. By ensuring mental health support is a priority, we can tackle stigma 🤝 and promote dignity and inclusion for all 🌏#WorldLeprosyDay #EndStigma #UniteActEliminateLeprosy #ZeroDiscrimination

For women and girls, leprosy-related discrimination is worsened by gender, disability & poverty. This often makes them invisible, stripping them of their rights to health, education, work, and to marry and have a family. #WorldLeprosyDay #ActNow #EndStigma #ZeroDiscrimination

The world’s first portable, accurate diagnostic test for leprosy can diagnose the disease within an hour. 🩺 Developed by @leprosymissint researchers in India, it’s now being prepared for a national rollout. Learn more: bit.ly/4fZVqM4 #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

For millennia, people have lost sensation in their hands, feet, and eyes because of leprosy. Now, researchers are looking at a new technique that could restore feeling to hands and feet. This would be a revolutionary step in the field. bit.ly/40hbvXZ #WorldLeprosyDay

In 2023, almost 10,000 people had visible impairments from leprosy at the time of diagnosis - a clear sign of delayed detection of leprosy. Early diagnosis is crucial to prevent disabilities. Let's raise awareness & ensure timely treatment! #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

In 2024, Jordan became the first country to receive WHO verification for eliminating leprosy disease! 🎉 This proves leprosy can be defeated with strong political commitment. Let’s see more countries join! Learn more: bit.ly/40h3guV #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

Leprosy is now preventable thanks to the discovery of an effective post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for people at risk of developing leprosy. A single dose of rifampicin reduces the risk of leprosy by over 50%. Let’s see PEP rolled out globally! #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminate

In the past 15 years the number of new child cases of leprosy – an indicator of ongoing transmission in a community – has halved. This downward trend needs to accelerate. #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminateLeprosy #ActNow

Leprosy is not a label. Everybody has the right to a dignified life and to achieve their full potential. Not just to survive, but to thrive. Persons affected by leprosy are more than their diagnosis. bit.ly/3NYeIX2 #UniteActEliminateLeprosy #EndStigma #WorldLeprosyDay

Leprosy is one of three neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) targeted by WHO for elimination (defined in leprosy as interruption of disease transmission) by 2030. It’s a challenging target but we can get there with political commitment and collaboration. #WorldLeprosyDay #ActNow

Rehabilitation is essential for people who have been disabled by leprosy. But a combination of scarcity, poverty and discrimination block access to mainstream rehabilitation services. Let’s advocate for inclusion & break the barriers. #WorldLeprosyDay #ActNow #ZeroDiscrimination

Counselling services are crucial due to the mental health impact of leprosy, but available in only 1/3 of endemic countries. Let’s train health workers in basic listening skills & enable people with lived experience to act as peer counsellors. #WorldLeprosyDay #EndStigma #ActNow

Leprosy is the oldest disease known to man, but it is often deeply misunderstood. #ActNow to bust the myths and create a world free from leprosy stigma and discrimination. bit.ly/3NXMw6T #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminateLeprosy #EndStigma

141 laws and regulations that discriminate against persons affected by leprosy have been catalogued in 26 countries. All such laws and regulations should be repealed or amended without delay. #WorldLeprosyDay #ActNow #EndStigma #ZeroDiscrimination #UniteActEliminateLeprosy

Many of us will see Zero Leprosy in our lifetime if we unite and act to eliminate the disease. So let’s pick up the baton and run towards the finishing line. youtube.com/watch?v=sKImO3… #WorldLeprosyDay #UniteActEliminateLeprosy