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Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday, 27th January 2018 was joined by Chief Justice, Mrs. Sophia Akufo and President of Lepers Aid, Ghana, Rev. Father Andrew Campbell to commemorate the 2019 World Leprosy day at the Weija Leprosarium in Accra.

This year’s celebration was under the theme, “Ending discrimination, stigma and prejudices’. The last Sunday of January of every year is set aside as the World Leprosy Day to raise awareness about the disease, celebrate the people affected and mobilise support for leprosy control.

Speaking at the occasion, Vice President Dr.Bawumia, who is also the Patron of the ‘cured’ Lepers called for attention and care for people living with leprosy and also urged to stop discrimination against people living with the disease.

“Discriminating against people who have suffered leprosy is not Godly and therefore we should all desist from that” Dr. Bawumia noted.

The Vice President also indicated that the government is on course to achieving a zero infection of leprosy in children and will do all it can through the provision of the needed resource to attain it.

“Government will support the various Leprosaria to ensure that people living with leprosy are protected and live a meaning life”, Dr. Bawumia indicated.

He further pledged at the 2019 commemoration to join hands with the Lepers Aid Committee to raise more funds for their activities.

On her part, Justice Sophia Akufo said people diagnosed with the disease should not be forced to leave their homes to live in a distant facility and must not be disowned by their family members and society.