leprosy/ Hansen’s disease 痲瘋病／漢生病

leprosy/ Hansen’s disease
繁：痲瘋病／漢生病
简：麻疯病／汉生病

日本放送協會（NHK）報導，這是法院首度認為，國家採取隔離政策不僅對前漢生病（leprosy，舊稱痲瘋病）患者，甚至對家屬造成損害同樣負有責任。

日漢生病患家屬集體訴訟 法院首判國家賠償（2019年6月28日）。聯合新聞網，取自 https://udn.com/news/story/6812/3898161

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is now curable. A 2001 court ruling found the policy, implemented under the Leprosy Prevention Law in effect from 1907 to 1996, to be unconstitutional.

Court orders Japan government to pay ¥370 million to leprosy patients’ kin for discrimination. (2019, June 28). The Japan Times. Retrieved from https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/06/28/national/crime-legal/court-orders-japan-government-pay-¥370-million-leprosy-patients-kin-discrimination/#.XRr5gXduKUk