Stigma hinders efforts to combat leprosy in India
Sunday, March 9, 2014 - 06:00
in Health & Medicine
TAHIRPUR, India (AP) -- At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his body and he lost sensation in his fingertips, a doctor issued the devastating diagnosis: Yadav had leprosy....