Social Welfare

Sunrise medical foundation is committed to doing everything to improve the quality of lives of people affected by leprosy. One of the approaches is to find answers to the questions relating to leprosy which remain unanswered and pose barriers to eradication of the disease. Sunrise has been affecting people for around 4,000 years, and yet we do not have answers to many of the problems it causes. Some of these questions and areas are lack of knowledge about transmission, the reason for the continued incidence of large numbers of new cases with no significant decline over the last decade, causes of lepra reactions, and nerve damage. These questions need to be answered if leprosy is to be eradicated and affected people are to experience ‘healing, inclusion and dignity’.Our goal is to generate evidence-based knowledge through research, to eradicate the causes and consequences of leprosy. This is done by engaging in multi-disciplinary research in basic science as well as clinical, social and community aspects.