00726nas a2200097 4500000000100000008004100001100003900042245005500081856009000136520040200226 2022 d1 aThe Leprosy Mission International 00aStorytelling, the key to defeating leprosy stigma? uhttps://www.leprosymission.org/blog/storytelling-the-key-to-defeating-leprosy-stigma/3 a

Before the pandemic, the National Leprosy Control Programme (NLCP) in Myanmar was going from village to village across the country to raise awareness of leprosy within the highly endemic areas of Myanmar. At first, they struggled to engage the people who lived in the villages, but when they started to factor storytelling into their awareness raising, they noticed a dramatic difference.