Cataloguing the Rufiji Leprosy Trust archive continues. This is Issue 130 of our Newsletter. Our very first Newsletter was sent out in November 1989 and was written by Robin Pim and Teresa Sutton who were the volunteers in Kindwitwi at the time. That year, as a result of the innovative […]
Daily Archives: April 2026
The signs of leprosy include: enlarged nerves at the elbow, due to inflammation pale, numb patches of skin skin nodules ulcers on the feet loss of feeling in the hands and feet On an outreach visit the team advise staff and villagers about the signs of leprosy and invite people […]
How is leprosy detected?
In December Dr Nnally and his team visited Nambunju Village. 46 people were screened for leprosy and five of these were subsequently diagnosed with leprosy and commenced on treatment.Although leprosy is considered to be eradicated in some parts of Tanzania, a government press release in January noted that 1439 new […]