Leprosy treatment in Africa with the Flying Doctor Service of East Africa
Kloehn, G.
Revista de Medicina de la Universidad de Navarra 33(2): 81-87
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0556-6177 PMID: 2489258 Document Number: 343441
The Flying Doctor Service of East Africa and the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) have been especially helpful in disseminating education along with associated primary and secondary health care to leprosy-affected regions of the Third World for over thirty years. Reconstructive surgery has helped leprosy victims both functionally and psychologically, reestablishing their courage and belief in the fact that this dreaded social stigma need not affect their ability to hold a job, maintain personal relationships and lead an otherwise normal life within the community.