Former leprosy patient Tereza Alves dos Santos, 71, sits in her room in Hospital Curupaiti, part of a former leprosy colony, on June 10, 2015 in the Jacarepagua neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro ...

Picture the scene. It’s 1961 and I’m a young white boy living in a small village named Zomba in Malawi. My parents and I ...

John Tayman's book The Colony tells the story of Molokai, the slice of Hawaiian paradise that was turned into an infamous 19th century leper colony. Tayman discusses the book with Renee Montagne.

Tahirpur is a government-appointed leprosy colony on the outskirts of north Delhi and is thought to be India’s largest out of more than 800 colonies in the country.

"When I first came over here, the church bell was tolling every day, every day for weeks," he said. Harada lives with his wife of 48 years, who was also a leprosy patient, and spends his days ...

South Sudan has shut down a leper colony outside Juba, long a refuge for the sick and vulnerable who are now finding themselves squeezed out of a booming capital in the world's newest country.

Leper colonies such as the Uzuakoli leper colony, Minna leprosy village, Nnewi leper home, Omu-Aran Leprosarium and others were built by the missionaries during the colonial era.

Residents of the leper colony in the Alaba Rago area of Ojo and Okobaba Destitute Home, Ebute Metta, Lagos State, are trapped in a cycle of poverty, illness, and neglect. Without access to ...

China has pledged to improve living conditions for the 20,000 leprosy sufferers living in its 600 state-run colonies. The country will consolidate the residents in 100 dedicated areas to offer ...

You’ll gaze down some 1,600 feet onto the promontory selected to be a leper colony in the 1860s. Best to go on a clear day. Nearby, across the parking lot, is the short trail to Molokai’s ...