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Posted on 18/05/2011 by
On 17th May 2011 the Global Health Council announced the United Nation’s leading programme for research and scientific collaboration, which helps co-ordinate, support and promote global efforts to combat infectious diseases of the poor and disadvantaged, as the winner of the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health.
Categories: News and Notes
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
Posted on 25/03/2011 by
The 25th March 2011 issue of the World Health Organization’s Weekly Epidemiological Record is on the topic of Neglected Tropical Diseases, of which leprosy is one of seventeen.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 08/03/2011 by
The UN and others involved in development and the securing of human rights believe that there will be no solution to society’s most pressing social, economic and political problems without the full empowerment and participation of women. On this International Women’s Day, which many are marking as the 100th, ILEP echoes this sentiment and celebrates all women working to fight leprosy and its consequences and would like to shine a light on Ms Nevis Mary. We are honoured to publish her article, which demonstrates how her life has expanded as a result of her courage and determination, and how she has helped, and is continuing to help, women dealing with the challenges of being, or having been, affected by leprosy by using her voice, person to person, with stakeholders in leprosy and even at the UN.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 03/03/2011 by
To coincide with celebrations in the UK and Ireland to mark World Book Day on 3rd March* 2011, the ILEP Secretariat has gathered together a selection of thoughts on books that have leprosy as a theme, whether literature, novels, short stories, autobiographies, biographies or histories.
Categories: Book reviews, News and Notes