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The Leprosy Mission is an international Christian charity working towards the eradication of the causes and consequences of leprosy. It is active in over 50 countries around the world. The Leprosy Mission is a member of (ILEP ) (International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations) and Global Connections, a network of mission and development agencies. ==History== In December 1869, Wellesley Bailey, a young Irishman who was working as a teacher in the Punjab in India,〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p22〕 came across a row of huts inhabited by men and women with serious disabilities and physical deformities. A colleague explained that they were suffering from leprosy. Bailey was shocked by what he saw. Afterwards he wrote:'I almost shuddered, yet I was at the same time fascinated, and I felt that if there was ever a Christlike work in the world it was to go amongst these poor sufferers and bring them the consolation of the gospel.'〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p23〕 On returning to Ireland in 1874, Wellesley Bailey and his wife Alice began to hold meetings in Dublin to tell friends about their experiences of people affected by leprosy in India, and to raise money'.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p27〕 And so The Leprosy Mission, or The Mission to Lepers as it was known then, was born.〔An Inn Called Welcome: The story of the Mission to Lepers 1874-1917, A. Donald Miller, 1965〕 1874-1893 – The Baileys travel extensively in India to see the need of people affected by leprosy and to encourage support work.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987〕 1891 – Wellesley Bailey visits Mandalay, Burma, to open the first TLM home for leprosy-affected people outside India.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p43〕 1917 – The Mission has extended its work throughout India and the Far East and now has 87 programmes in 12 countries, with support offices in eight countries.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p59〕 1940s - In South India, Dr Paul Brand pioneers medical research and reconstructive surgery on leprosy deformities in hands and feet.〔Ten Fingers for God, Dorothy Clarke Wilson, Hodder and Stoughton, 1965〕 1940s-50s - The first effective cure for leprosy, Dapsone, is introduced. Over the next 15 years, millions of patients are successfully treated.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering, 1987, p95〕 1950s – The Mission’s work is extended into Africa.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p84〕 1954 - World Leprosy Day is founded by Raoul Follereau, a French writer, to make sure that people everywhere know that leprosy, one of the most feared and stigmatised diseases known to man, still exists and is completely curable. It is usually held each year on the last Sunday in January. 1960s - Leprologists work to discover new drugs that are effective against leprosy as many people are discovered to have Dapsone-resistant leprosy.〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering, 1987〕 1965 – The Mission changes its name from 'The Mission to Lepers' to the Leprosy Mission to avoid the negative connotations of the word ‘leper.’〔Caring Comes First: The Leprosy Mission Story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering,1987 p100〕 1970s – TLM begins to extend its work to people's homes and communities, rather than just hospitals and asylums.〔Caring Comes First:The Leprosy Mission story, Cyril Davey, Marshall Pickering, 1987 p107〕 1981 – World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends a new combination drug treatment for leprosy, MDT〔http://www.who.int/lep/mdt/en/〕 (Multi Drug Therapy). People are cured in as little as six months. 1990s – As many more people are cured, caring for people with lasting disabilities through social, economic, and physical rehabilitation becomes increasingly important. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Leprosy Mission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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