NLR | until No Leprosy Remains

PEP4LEP launched in Mozambique

NLR and partners solving puzzle to stop leprosy transmission

NLR organized the launch of the PEP4LEP research project in  in Nampula province, Mozambique. The official launch means the first hand out of a, for Mozambique, new preventive medicine for contacts of leprosy patients. A total of 30,000 contacts of leprosy patients will be screened for skin diseases and treated preventively for leprosy in Mozambique, Tanzania and Ethiopia.

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Young child with leprosy spots on his back

until No Leprosy Remains

NLR is a global forerunner in the fight for a leprosy-free world

We take pride in enabling research and driving evidence-based innovation. Ongoing research on and implementation of preventive treatment provides hope that stopping leprosy transmission is coming within reach. It will take joint effort but we have the ambition to continue until No Leprosy Remains.

What we do

Three Zeros

Even today, leprosy causes disability and social exclusion. The disease affects millions of lives. The NLR Alliance developed three strategic programmes to work towards a leprosy-free world: Zero Transmission, Zero Disability, and Zero Exclusion

A close contact of a person affected by leprosy takes preventative medication against leprosy

Zero Transmission
A person affected by leprosy provided with assistive devices for walking

Zero Disability
Person affected by leprosy Maurineia is the leader of a selfcaregroup

Zero Exclusion

An alliance of partners active across five countries

  1. Brazil

    1,067 Health staff trained on leprosy, prevention of disablities and stigma

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  2. Mozambique

    1,224 Persons affected by leprosy with improved socio-economic situation

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  3. India

    12,677 new patients diagnosed and treated

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  4. Nepal

    2,295 Local actors voicing concerns and needs of people affected by leprosy

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  5. Indonesia

    45,105 contacts received SDR-PEP

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What we achieved in 2020

24,176

New leprosy cases diagnosed and treated

54,027

Persons received SDR-PEP

2,487

Local actors voicing concerns and needs of people affected by leprosy

8,489

Health staff trained on leprosy, prevention of disablities and stigma

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NLR Highlights 2020

2020 was a year of challenge, change and contemplation. See what NLR was able to achieve in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 highlights.

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Srijana Adhikari provides a leprosy patient with medicine

Propelling Performance with Partnerships

Cooperation is the basis of our work. NLR’s mission to stop the transmission of leprosy can only be done in partnership with others. The recently awarded joint project on mapping methods of clustering leprosy case data shows clearly this way of working in practice.

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