A leprous man waiting for an ambulatory treatment in the Hopital Cardinal Leger in Leogane, Haiti.

A leprous man waiting for an ambulatory treatment in the Hopital Cardinal Leger in Leogane, Haiti. Stock Photo
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Jan Sochor / Alamy Stock Photo

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BH4C51

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49.6 MB (2.7 MB Compressed download)

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5100 x 3400 px | 43.2 x 28.8 cm | 17 x 11.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

21 July 2008

Location:

Leogane, Haiti

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A leprous man waiting for an ambulatory treatment in the Hopital Cardinal Leger in Leogane, Haiti. Although the effective treatment for leprosy appeared already in the 1940s, the disease has not been eradicated yet. The treatment is expensive and therefore was not adopted in most endemic countries.