00873nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001200054245013700066300000900203490000700212520050600219022001400725       2015                            d  c01/20151 aAllen L00aLeprosy in Morocco: Discrimination still affects victim--Learning a lesson from the original "social disease" A student perspective.  a65-60 v263 aThe article discusses the stigma suffered by people who had been diagnosed with leprosy in Morocco since people lack much knowledge of the disease which is considered as incurable and contagious. Topics discussed include the case of Haleema who has been cured of leprosy since the 1980s who suffered emotional pain after undergoing cataract surgery and the founding of the Association pour Personnes Maladie Hansens (APAMH) which aims to end discrimination and integrate leprosy patients into society.  a1046-7041