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Posted on 17/12/2009 by
DNA taken from the shrouded remains of a man discovered in a tomb next to the Old City of Jerusalem shows him to be the first human proven to have had leprosy, according to Hebrew University researchers and North American and British collaborators.
Categories: Israel, News and Notes
Posted on 17/11/2009 by
The M leprae genome is extremely stable according to findings made by Claire Watson and Diana Lockwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Categories: Europe, Technical information
Posted on 16/11/2009 by
In April 2009, an exhibition named "Behind the Wall" was opened within the Hospital. The exhibition, funded by the Health Ministry of Health, is an attempt to remember and preserve the unique human story.
Categories: Israel, News and Notes
Posted on 28/08/2009 by
The Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden due to Leprosy for the five years 2011-2015 and its accompanying set of Operational Guidelines have been published. They can be downloaded from the ILEP website.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America, Technical information
Posted on 06/04/2009 by
On 17th January 1909, the “San Francisco de Borja” Sanatorium was opened to take care of leprosy patients, who had been suffering alone, isolated by a society fearful of this disease. It played a key role in the elimination of leprosy in Spain.
Categories: Members, News and Notes, Spain