Patients help other patients: Qualitative study on a longstanding community cooperative to tackle leprosy in India.

BACKGROUND:Although leprosy is portrayed as a disappearing disease, leprosy affected persons in India are still suffering massively. Even further, nearly 60% of the world's newly detected cases are appearing from India alone. The problem has exacerbated due to the drastic decrease of global fun...

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Main Authors: Seong Hye Jung, Hee Won Han, Hyeonseok Koh, Soo-Young Yu, Nobutoshi Nawa, Ayako Morita, Ken Ing Cherng Ong, Masamine Jimba, Juhwan Oh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008016