History of Leprosy and Leprosy control in EthiopiaUnspecified
The present leprosy control program of Ethiopia has passed through various stages and used different methods of approach to reach at its current level. [read more]
Leprosy in EthiopiaAshenafi Girma
Evidences suggest that leprosy has been prevalent in Ethiopia for Centuries. Those evidences are well documented in travel literatures. Dr. Richard Pankrust has compiled some of those evidences as follows. [read more]
Leprosy Milestones: EthiopiaMenberu Adane
Research shows the main leprosy milestones in ethiopia, starting as early as 1890 and continuing well into the 1990's [read more]
The Big Disease’Rosalijn Both
Tïllïk’u bäšïta, ‘the big disease’, was a term I often encountered while interviewing women
affected by leprosy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Women used it to refer to leprosy, the disease they
had once contracted but that continued to play a major role in their lives. Tïllïk’u bäšïta therefore
touches the heart of this illness by emphasizing how it affects all aspects of life of affected
people, from the physical, psychological and economic to the social life.1 [read more]
Exploring Grassroots Leprosy OrganizationsIsabelle Duff
This thesis explores reasons for the recent emergence of grassroots leprosy organisations and
through case studies of two such organisations, ENAELP in Ethiopia and HANDA in China,
shows that varying measures of social inclusion and empowerment are achievable by members
working collectively and in solidarity. Two major factors contributing to the emergence of these
organisations are the common experience of leprosy plus the failure of welfare programmes,
both of which provide significant impetus to members for collective action. [read more]