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People with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia / 42MX9G2
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Tilahun Wale didn’t just lose his leg to leprosy. “My family abandoned me because of the disease,” he says. “They blocked my number and refused to speak to me.” The stigma towards lepers remains high in Ethiopia, a highly religious country, where it is seen as a divine punishment. Perceptions are however slowly evolving with treatment. “Thanks to the availability of medicine, the stigma has lessened,” says Atale Mekuriyaw who suffers from the disease. That crucial treatment could now be in jeopardy as the ending of USAID funding by the Trump adminstration could impact supply. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES