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In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless.

Despite the government’s efforts, it is troubling that ‘tuins’ continue to exist in Nepal, taking more lives.

Every year on March 14, there is a celebration known as the International Day of Action for Rivers to bring attention to the worth and significance of rivers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted leprosy services and led to an increase in this curable disease. Pope Francis and Yohei Sasakawa have called for action.

/PRNewswire/ -- French Raoul Follereau Fondation, Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau and Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansens Disease) Initiative, in...

TOKYO, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- French Raoul Follereau Fondation, Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau and Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will co-host the "International Symposium at the Vatican on Hansen's Disease: Leave No One Behind" on January 23-24, 2023 at Auditorium "P. Agostino Trape", Patristic Institute Augustinianum....

Top court quotes Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg: ‘Our house is on fire’

The Vatican will co-host a two-day symposium from 23-24 January bringing together health and human rights experts to focus on better serving those ...

Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges.

The Minister of Health, Alexandru Rafila, on Monday said that the development of a new National Strategy for the surveillance, control and...