Results
Our team runs a mobile prosthetics unit that travels around the country providing medical care to people who have lost their limbs, either through leprosy, or as a result of landmines that litter the country.
Our mobile clinics take medical care to where the need is, travelling around districts where there is a need for leprosy support, but no local provision. Providing a combination of medical expertise and pastoral care, they are a vital part of TLM’s mission.
Our mobile clinics in India take medical care to where it is needed most, particularly to people who would struggle to reach a hospital.
A look at the ENLIST consortium, an international effort to find new and better ways to treat ENL
Our researchers in Bangladesh are working on a new field-friendly diagnostic tool that could dramatically reduce transmission of the disease within communities and prevent leprosy-related disabilities.
A look at TLM Nepal's work to solve some of the major leprosy ulcer issues
A look at the latest mental health research that is being conducted by our team in Nigeria
Details of TLM's work to develop a post-exposure prophylaxis that could prevent leprosy
A look at research in Bangladesh that aims to reduce or prevent ENL.
A look at research in Bangladesh that aims to establish the efficacy of a shorter course of MDT Treatment.
A look at research which reveals the extent to which household contacts are at risk of developing leprosy
The committee guides our research work to where it is needed the most
We cannot conduct research alone. We partner with many organisations, universities and research institutions across the globe.
Our researchers are looking at ways to use smartphone cameras as a field-friendly quick test for leprosy.