Where Do Leper Colonies Still Exist?

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While the World Health Organization declared Leprosy eliminated, quarantine zones still exist. So where are these remaining leper colonies?

Learn More:
WHO: Leprosy
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/

The Guardian: India Rolls Out World's First Leprosy Vaccine as Fight Goes on 'War Footing'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/01/india-rolls-out-worlds-first-leprosy-vaccine-as-fight-goes-on-war-footing

The Atlantic: When the Last Patient Dies
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/

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