1.   The Leprosy Mission is considering giving her name to a center under construction in India for the rehabilitation of leprosy victims.

2.   Before that, most leprosy victims were sent to colonies,but the development of sulfones allowed victims to be treated at home.

3.   Francois-Xavier Manoui, head of the Raoul Follereau Leprosy Foundation in Cameroon, said special medical centers offering surgical and other assistance to leprosy victims were needed.

4.   He also has said compensation would be granted to all leprosy victims of the law.

5.   It was an update to an earlier law that forced leprosy victims into isolation.

6.   Japanese lawmakers on Thursday adopted a resolution apologizing to leprosy victims for failing to overturn a government policy that banished them to remote sick wards for decades.

7.   Most leprosy victims had been sent to colonies but the development of sulfones allowed victims to be treated at home.

8.   Mrs. Staines lives in Baripada, where she is attempting to open a hospital for reconstructive surgery for leprosy victims.

9.   The ruling already has led to a class-action lawsuit by thousands of other former leprosy victims in Japan.