Stigma stalks India's leprosy sufferers as disease returns

AFP English 2015-04-01

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The Indian government declared victory over leprosy in 2005, but the disease is making a comeback in some parts of the country, with more than a hundred thousand lepers still living in colonies, shunned from society. Duration: 02:41
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