A warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers, this story may contain images of people who have died. Northern Territory health authorities have confirmed the jurisdiction’s first Leprosy case since 2021. The skin infection has largely been eradicated in the developing world, but is still detected in Australia and disproportionately affects Indigenous People. A First Nations health organisation says the case- as well as the overcrowding and poverty disproportionately endured by Aboriginal people in the NT is a national shame.
