Church-led Partnerships with Interfaith Religious Leaders and Government for Raising Awareness on Leprosy in Sri Lanka

Church-led Partnerships with Interfaith Religious Leaders and Government for Raising Awareness on Leprosy in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a leprosy endemic country with one of the highest incidences of the disease globally. Low levels of leprosy awareness were identified as one of the reasons for high prevalence. In order to address this low awareness, inter-faith communities were mobilized by trained church leaders to wo...

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Main Authors: James Samuel Pender, Cletus Praveen Gomez, Ranasinghe Arachchige Tuder Mahesh Perera, John Anthony Williams, Ravindran Roshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Health for All Nations 2019-01-01
Series:Christian Journal for Global Health
Subjects:
leprosy
health
church
inter-faith
sri lanka
Online Access:https://journal.cjgh.org/index.php/cjgh/article/view/297/687

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