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Posted on 24/08/2010 by
Promoting inclusive and sustainable development and introducing the new WHO, ILO, UNESCO and IDDC guidelines on CBR is the theme of this Convention, which is to be held 13th – 15th November 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Categories: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines
Posted on 16/07/2010 by
Findings from the sentinel sites in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Myanmar and Vietnam participating in the sentinel surveillance network to monitor drug resistance in leprosy, set up in 2009 by the Global Leprosy Programme, are published in the WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record dated 16th July 2010.
Categories: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Myanmar, Technical information, Vietnam
Posted on 13/07/2010 by
At the end of 1999, LEPRA Health in Action opened a state-of-the-art research centre for infectious diseases in Cherlapally, Hyderabad, funded from £3 million collected through an appeal organised by the UK children’s programme Blue Peter.
It functions in close collaboration with national and international research laboratories as well as other components of LEPRA India to pursue research in clinical, operational, field and basic research studies.
Categories: India, Technical information
Posted on 10/12/2009 by
Dr Sunil Anand has taken over as Director of The Leprosy Mission (TLM) India from
Dr Jeyakumar Daniel, who retired in October 2009. He has spent more than 20 years working for TLM, most recently as Deputy Director (Medical) for TLM India.
Posted on 06/08/2009 by
The Leprosy Mission International selected two outstanding individuals, who have surmounted considerable challenges to lead lives of inspiration to so many others, to receive the 2009 Wellesley Bailey Award.