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Bookmark or Share- Ruth Pfau - WikipediaRuth Pfau. Ruth Katherina Martha Pfau, FCM (9 September 1929 – 10 August 2017) was a German – Pakistani Catholic Christian religious sister and physician who was a member of the "Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary". She emigrated from Germany in 1961 and devoted more than 55 years of her life to fighting leprosy in Pakistan.
- Dr. Ruth Pfau, Savior of Lepers in Pakistan, Dies at 87Dr. Ruth Pfau, a German-born medical missionary who was hailed as the “Mother Teresa of Pakistan” for her pivotal role in containing leprosy there, died on Thursday in a hospital in Karachi....
- Ruth Pfau: Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa' dies aged 87 - BBCRuth Pfau, a German doctor and nun who dedicated her life to eradicating leprosy in Pakistan and has been described as the country's Mother Teresa, has died in Karachi aged 87. She died in...
- Ruth Pfau: Why Google honours her today - Al Jazeera9 Sep 2019. Described as a pioneer and hailed for her role in containing leprosy in Pakistan, German doctor and nun Ruth Pfau would have been 90 on Monday. In her honour, Google is changing its...
- Ruth Pfau, “Mother of Leprosy Patients,” Has DiedYesterday, Ruth Pfau died at the age of 87 in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. While not well-known in the United States, Deutsche Welle reports that in Pakistan, the German doctor and Catholic...
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