Leprosy detection work continues, and five new Leprosy diagnoses have been made since our last newsletter. Community sensitisation work continues in schools and villages.
The National TB and Leprosy Programme has held its annual meeting and resolved to try and eliminate Leprosy as a Public Health problem from all regions in Tanzania by 2025. As we mentioned on a previous letter a new development is the development of a programme to give treatment to contacts of people diagnosed with Leprosy to help prevent onward transmission.
You may remember from our last newsletter that we shared an update on a central area of RLT’s work, which is to fund The Ward. Indeed, this Ward has been a focal point in Kindwitwi for many years and is known as a place where people who have disabilities because of leprosy can access support either as full-time residents or as patents that receive support but live with family or independently. The 31 patients that (through your donations) receive support from RLT have access to food, clothing and essential hygiene items. Take a look below for the full list of items that all of our patients receive:
| Food | Clothes & Hygiene | ||
| Flour | Meat | Soap | Kitenge (a thick cotton cloth used for making garments, often made with bright colours and patterns) |
| Rice | Fish | Charcoal | |
| Beans | Tea | Mosquito Net | |
| Oil | Tomatoes | Bed Sheets | |
| Sugar | Onions | Trousers | |
| Salt | T-Shirts | ||
| Fruits | Match Boxes | ||
| Milk | Toothbrush & toothpaste | ||