. . . "Credit: Paul Carlucci/IPS ???I thought it was just a sore,??? says the 26-year-old Essel, who has been living in the Amasaman Hospital???s Buruli ward for the past two-and-a-half years.Buruli ulcer is a tropical disease reported in about 30 countries, including Ghana, where doctors are this year predicting about 1,000 cases." .