El estigma de la lepra en India, una enfermedad que no muere y tiende a resurgir

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Malsamma, 62, poses for a photo in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Shiv Shankar Tiwari, 62, cleans his clawed hands in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Shiv Shankar Tiwari, 62, shows his disfigured feet and hands in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, a cured patient of leprosy sits with her daughter-in-law in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Shiv Shankar Tiwari, 62, cleans bulbous growths and sores on his foot in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, leprosy patients sits near a temple in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Shiv Shankar Tiwari, 62, shows his disfigured hands in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Malsamma, 62, gestures as she shares a light moment with her neighbour in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, a cured patient of leprosy looks on as she watches television in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Malsamma, 62, poses for a photo in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA

To go with India-social-health-leprosy,FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA In this photograph taken on March 11, 2015, cured leprosy patient Draupadi, 47, poses with pictures of her family in a leprosy colony in New Delhi. The last decade has seen a worrying resurgence of leprosy in India, which now accounts for more than half of the 200,000 new cases reported worldwide every year. AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA