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Tom in his LEPRA shirt at mile 16

London Marathon 2012 – mile 16

23rd April 2012

Like so many charities across the UK Marathon Day is very special for us. And, as always, our runners all did us proud! One even tweeted throughout the route, his tweets made us laugh and even gave us the heads up on when he was due past “I can see your banners I’m coming @LEPRA_HinA.”!

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Aardman pirates

The great pirate debate rumbles on

3rd April 2012

And so the debate rumbles on (and we’d be lying if we said we weren’t delighted). Should Aardman and Sony have changed the ‘leper boat’ scene in the film? Or should they have stuck to their guns, complaining ‘PC brigade’ be damned?

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World TB Day: Stop TB in my lifetime

World TB Day: Stop TB in my lifetime

22nd March 2012

Kanduri Charan Nath is 76 and lives in Odisha, India. When he was ill with TB Kanduri couldn’t even get out of bed on some days – now he can easily cover 50 to 60 kilometres on his bike.

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25 out of 38 District Leprosy Officer posts are vacant in Bihar
25 out of 38 District Leprosy Officer posts are vacant in Bihar

LEPRA responds to aid to India debate

9th March 2012

Over the past few weeks a debate has been raging over whether the UK should continue to give aid money to India.

Sarah Nancollas, Chief executive of LEPRA Health in Action has responded to the debate.

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LEPRA News magazine - January 2012
Nikki climbs her ‘mountain’