Graduate / "the signs of Lepromatous Leprosy" - phd sop [3]

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I need your views and assistance on editing this statement of purpose.. it is for a Phd program in Public health.

There it was...the telltale sign on her hand. She did not scream when I poked her on the area. I led her to the coordinator immediately to show her the girl's patch. The health officer referred to it as the "macular anesthetic" patch, considered to be one of the signs of Lepromatous Leprosy. The girl's parents, who were daily wageworkers, did not respond to the health worker's plea of providing medical attention to their daughter. According to them, a small innocuous looking blemish could not really be a sign of a disease as debilitating as Leprosy. She stopped school and started praying to the heavens for redemption from the curse. The superstitious dread that certain diseases are held in and the social stigma associated with them are staggering in certain strata of society in my country. The incident started me thinking about how important it is to elicit societal attention and awareness on public health issues.

As a volunteer at a Leprosy screening camp, I was shown a video showing horrifying pictures of disfigured people at various stages of the disease. With my almost nonexistent knowledge of ...