Comments on: Project Sekong 2013: Leprosy, once known as Hansen’s Disease, can be cured but some fear the stigma so they delay treatment http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2013/02/project-sekong-2013-leprosy-once-known-as-hansens-disease-can-be-cured-but-some-so-fear-the-stigma-that-they-delay/ Donations save lives and limbs. Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:38:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lynne and Lou http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2013/02/project-sekong-2013-leprosy-once-known-as-hansens-disease-can-be-cured-but-some-so-fear-the-stigma-that-they-delay/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:25:51 +0000 http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/?p=4111#comment-1292 This is an issue I’ve had some experience with during my years in refugee resettlement. Remind me sometime to tell you abt. Hanson’s Disease in Wausau! I was very pleased to read an article in the NYTimes last week that told about a new test for Hanson’s that requires just a drop of blood and only costs a dollar. It was developed in this country but isn’t used here yet. I’m HOPING that it will allow family members of folks who’ve been afflicted with Hanson’s to prove that they are not infected as well as letting those who are cured prove that. I’ve seen the suffering of young people who aren’t allowed to marry someone from a family with any Hanson’s in their family tree. . .or if they do marry the person they love, face rejection by their own family. Could a medical test overcome tradition? Maybe for some.

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