text: has there been a cure for leprosy?   yes actually there is, its using 3 antibiotics usually rifampicin, isoniazid and ethambutol the same as for tuberculosis because the bacteria that produces leprosy is from the same family as the tb one. leprosy is produced by mycobacterium leprae and tb is by mycobacterium tuberculosis. the vaccine against leprosy was created by dr. jacinto convit venezuelan like me an btw is on of my immunology teachers hope this was hepful