Adam Timuli remembers the moment he decided to treat his leprosy. Thobias Manas, his neighbor in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, who was visiting him, rolled up Adam's sleeve. With the bent fingers of his right hand, Thobias pointed at the stubs of his little and middle fingers on his left hand. He said, "If you don't treat it or leave it too late, leprosy causes deformities."

Adam, 44, was immediately willing to be taken to a community health center wh