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Mabel lives in Pakro Zongo, Ghana, and is a hairdresser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 18 Mabel noticed a strange nodule on her right leg. Before it had become too swollen, she showed it to her close family, but no-one acted quickly enough<\/strong>. The nodule grew and ulcerated, coinciding with the rejection Mabel was starting to feel in her community. It was at that point she stopped going out, and spent a year and a half shut away, only receiving care from her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, a community volunteer told her she probably had Buruli ulcer<\/strong>. He referred her to the nearest health centre, but the disease had spread to such an extent that she had to be transferred to a hospital in the Volta Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/section>\n\n

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After two and a half years hospitalised and after undergoing different surgery and skin grafts, she returned to her community and was reunited with her children, whom she hadn\u2019t seen in all that time<\/strong>. Her body still bears the marks of the disease, marks that will be there for the rest of Mabel\u2019s life, but she has managed to overcome her ostracism and has started her life again from scratch, learning a profession \u2014 hairdressing \u2014 which enables her to support her family.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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