On my first official day off in India, I visited a leprosy colony. I know when I say "leprosy," it likely evokes images of a biblical-era disease- something gruesome, something deadly. The stigma surrounding leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is overwhelming, when in reality, it is a completely treatable and curable illness. Although India's leprosy rates have been rapidly declining in recent years, it still accounts for a large majority of the global burden. Its prevalence among the impoverished ...
