00700nam a2200097   4500000000100000008004100001260002900042100001500071245007900086520043700165       2018                            d  bHurst PublishersaLondon1 aTakayama F00aThe last and longest mile - Yohei Sasakawa's struggle to eliminate leprosy3 aThis book offers a compelling account of the two-pronged fight against both leprosy and the discrimination that comes with it. Leprosy is generally weak against the immune system, yet it persists in populations with inadequate nutrition and weak resistance, due to poverty or lack of disease control measures. Thus the battle against leprosy has involved a highly effective multidrug therapy, and getting it to communities in need.