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|align="right"|[[File:Belfort Village 004002.jpg|196px]]|-|colspan="3" | [[File:Belfort Village 007.jpg|600px]]|} As in many other places in the world, leprosy is a feared disease. Also in Madagascar, people suffering from leprosy are often forced to leave their village community. Even after successful treatment, former lepers are not always welcome back in their village. In 1988, Marie-Hélène KAM HYO Zschocke founded the non-governmental organisation [http://www.calamada.org CALA] to help former leprosy patients socially and professionally reintegrate. {| class="imageTable"
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<googlemap version="0.9" latdiv style="max-14.85746" lon="50.260915" zoom="18" controls="largewidth:600px;">{{#display_map:-14.857373, 50.260901~'''Belfort Village Mahevadoany'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=16|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</googlemapdiv>
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'''Additional Information'''<br>
* [http://www.calamada.org CALA - Comité d'Aide aux Lépreux d'Antalaha] or * [https://calantalaha.com/home-english Leprosy Relief Committee of Antalaha] (english)
* [http://www.irinnews.org/report/93824/madagascar-leprosy-making-a-comeback Leprosy making a comeback in Madagascar] - Article in IRIN, 2011