Egypt is one of the few countries where leprosy persists. But with effective treatment methods and cases declining, some say ...

Ms Meijer's parents, who were Missionary Salvation Army officers, had been running a leper colony in the jungle. On arrival in the UK, Ms Meijer, who became known as Mrs Selby, spoke no English and ...

Lepers were often forced to live in leper colonies and not allowed to come close to towns and villages. Jesus did not like that the law separated someone from society because they were ‘unclean’.

When, in 1873, an obscure young Belgian missionary priest named Father Damien begged the Catholic Prefect Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands to send him to a leper colony 50 miles away, the name of ...

This is one of the earliest representations of the Philippines in moving images Stored in the British Film Institute archives this administrative reconnaissance film exhibits the Culion leper ...

TEHRAN-The acclaimed Iranian documentary “The House Is Black” directed by Forugh Farrokhzad will be screened at the Cinema ...