{"id":2891,"date":"2026-01-27T17:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:34:56","slug":"world-leprosy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2891","title":{"rendered":"World Leprosy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2895\" style=\"width:593px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.jpeg 719w, https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2-300x148.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">        <em>73<sup>rd<\/sup> World Leprosy Day awareness event in Mohattari, Nepal<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Community members came together to observe the 73rd World Leprosy Day through a meaningful awareness event. The message shared during the event was simple yet powerful: <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Leprosy is curable \u2014 stigma is the real disease!<\/mark><\/strong><br>While medical treatment can completely cure leprosy, misinformation and discrimination continue to affect the lives of those impacted. Events like these play an important role in breaking myths, promoting early diagnosis and treatment, and building a more compassionate and informed society.<br>Together, we can help end stigma and ensure dignity, respect, and health for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community members came together to observe the 73rd World Leprosy Day through a meaningful awareness event. The message shared during the event was simple yet powerful: Leprosy is curable \u2014 stigma is the real disease!While medical treatment can completely cure leprosy, misinformation and discrimination continue to affect the lives of those impacted. Events like these &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/?p=2891\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;World Leprosy Day&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2891\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nlt.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}