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A stamp from Zimbabwe honors the discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium in 1882. The country has a relatively high incidence of TB and it is often associated with AIDS.  |
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"Leprosy is a disease that has been known since biblical times. It causes nerve damage and muscle weakness that can lead to deformities, crippling, blindness and isolation. Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with leprosy. Many Americans think leprosy no longer exists, but it still occurs in more than 100 countries worldwide." citation from American Leprosy Missions. More than 4 million people have disabilities as a result of leprosy and 150 people are diagnosed with the disease each year in the USA. The bacterium causing the disease was discovered by the Norwegian physician Armauer Hansen in 1873. stamp 100 years later  |
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The German Society for Helping People with leprosy, tuberculosis and other diseases was founded in 1957 and has been active in many countries since then. "Aussätzige" is the word for those who have been excluded from society because of their illness, which is particularly true of those with leprosy because the effects of the disease are so readily seen. The logo is an A supporting a heart.  |
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Yesterday was National Doctors Day in the US. Two great doctors who worked together on the vaccine to eliminate the virus causing poliomyelitis, Jonas Salk (1914-1995) and Albert Sabin (1906-1993) can represent all the doctors and their teams dedicating their lives to helping those in need.  |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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Pillar Of The Community
Germany
3028 Posts |
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