Addis Ababa, April 23, 2025 (AFP) - Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia

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Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family. "My family abandoned me. They blocked my number and refused to speak to me," said Tilahun, 46, a farmer in Ethiopia's populous Oromia region, who contracted leprosy around 10 years ago. Ethiopia, a country of some 130 million people in northeastern Africa, officially eliminated leprosy as a public health problem i......

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