LEPROSY IN PAKISTAN - LEPRA ELECTIVE STUDY

As part of the curriculum, medical students at the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals (UMDS), London, are encouraged to spend an elective period of 8 weeks in their final year anywhere in the world, studying any field of medicine they are interes ted in. Having lived in Tanzania for IO years, I have had contact with people suffering from leprosy and my interest in leprosy continued af ter I moved to Europe to continue my education. I therefore decided to use my elective to gain hands-on experience with the disease so that I could understand and appreciate the impact of leprosy in developing countries such as Pakistan.