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Wanda Blenska and the program of leprosy treatment in Uganda.
Polak, Agnieszka; Chomentowska, Edyta; Rolinska, Agnieszka; Grzybowski, Andrzej.
  • Polak A; History of Medical Sciences Department, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
  • Chomentowska E; Institute for the Historical Geography of the Church in Poland, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
  • Rolinska A; Department of Applied Psychology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
  • Grzybowski A; Chair of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Warsaw, Poland; Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: ae.grzybowski@gmail.com.
Clin Dermatol ; 39(1): 133-138, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1300682
ABSTRACT
Wanda Blenska (1911-2014), a Polish physician, established a leprosy treatment center in the village of Buluba in Uganda in 1951, which lasted until 1993. Through her efforts, the village for lepers in Buluba, established in 1934, which had previously been a place of isolation conducted by the Little Sisters of St. Francis in Uganda, became such an important leprosy treatment and research center that eventually the facility was able to cooperate with similar centers in India and South Africa. It then became affiliated with research institutes in London and Amsterdam; the Borstel Research Institute near Hamburg, Germany; and the World Health Organization. Blenska developed a working relationship with the government of Uganda and contributed to changes in the government provision of health care for lepers by creating a network of leprosy treatment stations throughout the country. Through her efforts, public health education and leprosy prophylaxis became available for thousands of people, effectively changing the national attitude toward this disease. In 1994, one of the buildings of the St. Francis hospital complex in Buluba was named in her honor (The Wanda Blenska Training Centre).
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Leprosy Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia Language: English Journal: Clin Dermatol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.clindermatol.2019.07.003

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Leprosy Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Female / Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia Language: English Journal: Clin Dermatol Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.clindermatol.2019.07.003