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Neurolysis in Hansen's Disease

17/01/2022

by Luis Guilherme Rosifini Alves Rezende, Milton Cury Filho, and Nilton Mazzer.

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Capacity Development

10/11/2021

by Henk Eggens.

Santa Terezinha Preventorium, in Carapicuíba. Photo: Amanda Caporrino, 2013.

Preserving the memories that remain: Hansen's disease heritage in São Paulo

14/09/2021

by Amanda Walter Caporrino and Adda Alessandra Piva Ungaretti.

Hansen’s disease relapse after fixed-dose multibacillary multidrug therapy

14/09/2021

by Ximena Illarramendi.

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Viewpoint about WHO/MDT/MB 12 doses

13/09/2021

by Jaison Barreto.

A day of pain

17/09/2021

by Patrícia Soares.

Satisfaction with the name change from “leprosy” to “Hansen’s disease” in Brazil.

17/09/2021

by Lucas Delboni and Patrícia Duarte Deps.

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Reactions in Hansen’s Disease 

13/09/2021

by Claudio Sampieri Tonello.

Hic manebimus optime ("Vamos ficar bem aqui")Foto: Artur Custódio - MORHAN.

Preservation of Hansen’s disease-related memory spaces: the right to heritage.

19/08/2021

by Sônia Rampim.

NAT-HANS: the first PCR-based diagnostic test for Hansen’s disease using Good Manufacturing practice (GMP)

13/09/2021

by Milton Moraes.

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Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for food and nutrition security of people affected by Hansen's disease

10/08/2021

by Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira, and Marcos Tulio Raposo.

2nd edition

Is it possible to stop the transmission of Hansen’s disease in Brazil? Prospects and challenges

11/01/2020

by Carmelita Ribeiro Filha Coriolano and Ciro Martins Gomes

Hansen’s disease: a transmissible condition, but what is transmitted?

11/01/2020

by Cinira Magali Fortuna

The saga of the elimination of Hansen's Disease as a public health problem

by Claudio Guedes Salgado.

What are the sources of Mycobacterium leprae?

11/01/2020

by Patrícia Deps, Letícia Pedrini, and Simon Collin.

Hansen’s disease and Migration - a Global Health Issue

11/01/2020

by Isabella Rezende, Hugo Pessotti Aborghetti, Rafael Moraes, Marcos Túlio Raposo, and Patrícia Duarte Deps.

Persistence of Mycobacterium leprae in the oral mucosa and its importance in transmission to healthcare workers

11/01/2020

by Pamela Barbosa, Mariana Macabú, Fernanda Sales, Patrícia Deps, and Raquel B. Carvalho.

The role of chemoprophylaxis in reducing Hansen’s disease transmission

11/01/2020

by Taís Loureiro Zambon, and Marcos Cesar Florian.

Actions to prevent disabilities integrated by health care services: Reality or utopia?

11/01/2020

by Marcos Túlio Raposo, Ana Virgínia de Queiroz Caminha, Caroline Santos Adimarães, Jéssica Souza Britto, and Lorena dos Santos Duarte.

Zoonotic transmission of M. leprae in Brazil: One Health approach.

11/01/2020

by Patrícia Duarte Deps.

Hansen's disease and mental health:
A multidisciplinary approach

11/11/2020

by Vinícius de Pádua Sanders Medeiros, Leonardo Fabem Moreira, Maria Carmen Viana and Patrícia Duarte Deps.

1st edition

Hansen’s disease in Espírito Santo: Colônia de Itanhenga

08/10/2020

by Patrícia D. Deps

Reflections on institutional stigma and Hansen’s disease.

08/10/2020

by Thauyra Oliveira, Lucas Delboni and Patrícia Deps

Hansen’s disease and COVID-19

08/10/2020

by Izabela Feres de Oliveira, Kaicki Teofilo da Silva and Patrícia D. Deps

The Leprosy Brand

08/10/2020

by Faustino Pinto 

University networks to combat Hansen’s disease as information technology and stigma reduction

08/10/2020

by Clodis Maria Tavares, Joelma Maria Costa and Igor Michel R. dos Santos.

Functioning and Hansen’s disease: evaluation of components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

08/10/2020

by Marcos Túlio Raposo and Ana Virgínia de Queiroz Caminha

Why can't we control Morbus Hansen?

08/10/2020

by Bernard Naafs 

Stigmas Around Leprosy in Nepal

08/10/2020

by Niharika Khanal

We are all responsible for addressing Hansen's disease-related stigma

08/10/2020

by Anna van't Noordende and Roos Geutjes