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| 1927 | LuiFrank Oldrieve reported that the Church Missionary Society had a good treatment centre at Lui, under Dr Fraser, in the Southern Sudan, "where he has about 70 lepers living there and taking treatment. Dr Fraser wishes to extend this work and will require fresh buildings for the lepers and probably a house for a nurse who is soon to be sent out to help in this work." "The British Empire Leprosy Relief Association: Statement Concerning Leprosy Work in British Colonies in Africa, with Special Reference to the Possibilities of the Situation from the Missionary Standpoint" [Leprosarium] [Anglo-Egyptian Sudan] |
| 1928 | LuiRobert Cochrane reported that "Lepers are also being cared for in the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Lui, which touches an area the population which is about one hundred and twenty thousand, and it has been estimated that the prevalence of leprosy is five per thousand." Robert Cochrane, Leprosy in Europe, The Middle and Near East and Africa (London: World Dominion Press, 1928), pp 23-4 [Leprosarium] [Anglo-Egyptian Sudan] |
| 1930 | LuiIn 1930, Dr Cochrane visited Lui and reported that " Dr Fraser has organised a very good leper colony and has some 120 lepers segregated. I was struck by the large number of very highly contagious cases that were apparent in this leper home. The type of case here indicates that either the disease is new in the district, or else for some reasons the virulence has increased. Dr Fraser informed me that he had no doubt that leprosy was spreading, and at present it was much worse than it used to be. I have suggested earlier in the report that the disease has spread up from the Belgian Congo, and I consider that unless active measures are taken the disease may become still worse. Where there are apparetnly such a large number of infective cases it would be advisable to have a camp rather than a colony. In addition the CMS missionary is able to supervise such an establishment and ensure its success. Dr Fraser said that he thought he coul deal with the probable 300-400 estimated lepers in his immediate district, and that in the course of time the colony would become largely self supporting. I therefore respectfully suggest[ed] that Dr Fraser be encouraged to enlarge his colony until it is able to cope with the majority of the lepers in the Moru tribe … I would further suggest that such a work should be confined to the lepers of the Moru tribe" "Report by Dr Robert Cochrane on the Leprosy Situation in the Sudan" 23 April 1930 [Leprosarium] [Anglo-Egyptian Sudan] |
| 2006 | Lui "In a way, it's the peak of misery," said Thomas Reuter, a doctor from the German Leprosy Relief Association. The association has become virtually the sole caregiver for Luri Rokwe's residents, who began settling here in the 1950s when their illness forced them into exile from their own communities. In recent years, multi-drug therapy has made leprosy a curable disease, but health care was always lacking in underdeveloped southern Sudan, and the civil war left the region a shambles. That, combined with the terror many Africans have of leprosy, led those afflicted to gravitate to Luri Rokwe, where the German organization provides medicine, builds huts and distributes food. The community's population is now about 2,600, mostly relatives of the original residents. Only 331 are leprosy-affected, but nearly all rely on aid. Reuter is trying to change that, telling residents that, with a new government to represent them, it is time to establish a formal community, set rules for themselves and demand that the state provide electricity, water, schools and perhaps a paved road. So far, there is little indication his prodding has taken hold, a sign of the dependency that affects much of the war-scarred south. Tina Susman "Darfur: Inside the Crisis: A War Against Leprosy" Newsdaycom [Leprosarium] [Anglo-Egyptian Sudan] |