01464nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042700001900054700001200073700001700085245006700102520114800169022001301317       2019                            d1 aPolak A1 aChomentowska E1 ańska A1 aGrzybowski A00aWanda Błeńska and the program of leprosy treatment in Uganda3 a<p>Wanda Błeńska (1911–2014), a Polish physician, established a leprosy treatment center in the village of Buluba in Uganda in 1951, which lasted until 1993. Through her efforts, the village for lepers in Buluba, established in 1934, which had previously been a place of isolation conducted by the Little Sisters of St. Francis in Uganda, became such an important leprosy treatment and research center that eventually the facility was able to cooperate with similar centers in India and South Africa. It also then affiliated with research institutes in London and Amsterdam; the Borstel Research Institute near Hamburg, Germany; and the World Health Organization. Błeńska developed a working relationship with the government of Uganda and contributed to changes in the government provision of health care for lepers by creating a network of leprosy treatment stations throughout the country. Through her efforts, public health education and leprosy prophylaxis became available for thousands of people, effectively changing the national attitude towards this disease. In 1993, St. Francis Hospital in Buluba was named in her honor.</p>
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