The last Sunday in January each year, "World Leprosy Day", is a time of hope for our patients. They are waiting for us to represent them worldwide, to speak up for them and to unite in love and action to end leprosy! Let us restore the smiles of those who suffer needlessly because of a now easily curable and entirely avoidable pathogen, and the ancient ignorance, relentless prejudice and stigma!
Father Damien
Today marks the 135th anniversary of the death of Father Damien, a Belgian-born Roman Catholic priest and missionary who died of leprosy on Molokai Island, Hawaii.