Int'l symposium held on prejudice against leprosy

RABAT, Morocco - Participants attentively listen at an international symposium held in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on Oct. 28, 2014, to promote a 2010 U.N. resolution calling for the elimination of discrimination against people affected by Hansen's disease.

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