Inside Lagos Leprosy Settlements Where Women Still Deliver at Home Amid Filth and Neglect
Tucked away behind towering heaps of scrap metal and acrid smoke in the Jakande area of Alaba Rago, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State, lies a forgotten settlement where over 2,000 residents, many of them survivors of leprosy, live in conditions that shock the conscience. Known simply as the Lepers’ Containment, this community exists