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The people still fighting leprosy, years after the world stopped paying attention to it
More than 200,000 people still get leprosy every year.
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More than 200,000 people still get leprosy every year.
Scientists were surprised to uncover signs of the infectious disease that ravaged Europe in medieval times.
Health officials have emphasised the school and community remain safe.
Around 3,000 new cases are found each year in the country, and medical workers are warning that the debilitating disease could be on the rise once more.
There are about 200,000 cases of leprosy reported every year – with the poorest countries worst affected.
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A male foreign national had a occurrence of the disease which he had contracted in a foreign country and has been treated in a north-east hospital.
The HSE says the victim was a man from outside Ireland who did not contract it in this country.