International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    Santa Catarina (preventório)

    Location

    Category Leprosarium
    Country Brazil
    Address Florianópolis, Santa Catarina

    Notes

    This institution was a 'preventório' - a place for children of parents with leprosy.

    In December 1936, the Directors of the Federação das Sociedades de Assistencia aos Lazaros formed the Campanha da Solidariedade (Campaign of Solidarity), with the aim to obtain funding for the construction of a 'preventório' in Santa Catarina.
    Source: HCS Araujo, 'A lepra e as organizações anti-leprosas do Brasil em 1936', Mem. Inst. Osw Cruz, 32, (1937): 140.

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