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Posted on 06/05/2011 by
American Leprosy Missions is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of staff.
Categories: Members
Posted on 05/05/2011 by
These Guidelines recognise the major role persons affected by leprosy have to play in leprosy services especially in the areas of advocacy, awareness and rehabilitation as a means to not only empower persons affected by leprosy, but also to change the attitudes and behaviours of others towards those who are affected by leprosy.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 28/04/2011 by
On 28th April 2011 the New England Journal of Medicine published an article revealing that wild armadillos and some persons with leprosy in the southern United States have been found to be infected with the same strain of Mycobacterium leprae, the bacterium that causes leprosy.
Categories: Technical information, USA
Posted on 07/04/2011 by
Today the World Health Organization is launching a global campaign under the slogan ‘Combat Drug Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow’ with the aim of countering the ever more dangerous threat posed by the growth of antimicrobial resistance. This worldwide problem is hampering the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating serious and life-threatening infections such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
Categories: International Collaboration, Technical information
Posted on 05/04/2011 by
Almost four weeks’ since the earthquake and tsunami struck north eastern Japan, the Sumanahalli Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre in Bangalore, Karnataka, has started an official campaign to raise funds for those affected by these two natural disasters that killed thousands and wiped out hundreds of towns and villages.
Categories: India, Japan, News and Notes