Word: follereau
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rome leprosy congress was the brainchild of Frenchman Raoul Follereau, a professional charity worker who has devoted nearly half of his life to fighting the taboos associated with leprosy. Follereau, a roundish, energetic man of 52, has traveled 450,000 miles to visit leprosy victims, to convince them that their banishment from society is not condemnation to limbo, to encourage them to take treatments that can and will cure many...
...Follereau abhors discrimination against leprosy sufferers. Said he last week: "They are less contagious and less dangerous than people suffering from tuberculosis. It is sinful and immoral to treat them like pariahs. They are, first of all, human...
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