Hansen's disease mainly affects the eastern and western provinces. Although with multi-drug therapy (MDT) Sri Lanka has reduced cases, it remains a ‘high incidence country’.

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Equally tragic, these patients soon became like modern lepers, especially if friends and family feared contracting the virus ...