MALC - MARIE ADELAIDE LEPROSY CENTRE

	WHAT IS MALC
	"We are a group of ordinary people who have responded to the extraordinary challenges posed by Leprosy, TB and Blindness amongst the marginalized in Pakistan and have succeeded in our task”. Marie Adelaide Leprosy Centre (MALC) is the largest NGO working in the field of Leprosy in Pakistan, in collaboration with the Provincial Health Departments of Sindh, Baluchistan, N.W.F.P, Northern Area and Azad Kashmir for the last four decades. The Centre arranges free of cost treatment for Leprosy in all the 157 Centres/Sub centres around the country, as well as socio-economic rehabilitation of deserving cases registered so far. Its head-quarter is situated in Karachi and houses a training institute for paramedical workers trained as Leprosy/Tuberculosis/Ophthalmic Technicians. Its 80-bedded hospital is the main secondary referral facility for not only Pakistan, but also for neighboring Afghanistan.
		Hospital in Saddar since 1963 887 strong team of NGO and government workers 157 centres/Sub centres nationwide (Northern areas & AJK, NWFP & Balochistan, Rural Sindh, greater Karachi) Punjab & Hazara Division being served by a sister NGO, Aid to Leprosy Patients (ALP). 52, 900 Leprosy cases registered, majority discharged as cured +/- 1000 new leprosy cases detected a year 97% cure rate MALC centres now tackling TB and blindness in rural areas.
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