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Posted on 31/01/2012 by
On 30th January 2012, at an event at the Royal College of Physicians in London, the UK, US and UAE governments, 13 pharmaceutical companies, the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other global health organisations announced a new, co-ordinated effort to accelerate progress towards eliminating or controlling ten Neglected Tropical Diseases by the end of 2020.
Categories: International Collaboration
Posted on 31/01/2012 by
On 30th January 2012 the World Health Organization released a roadmap outlining its goals and objectives to enhance the control, prevention, elimination and eradication of neglected tropical diseases.
Categories: International Collaboration
Posted on 29/01/2012 by
When Raoul Follereau designated the last Sunday in January as World Leprosy Day, his two main messages were that leprosy is curable and that persons affected by leprosy are entitled to rights like all other persons. In advance of this year’s World Leprosy Day, the ILEP President stresses the millions of persons ILEP Members have helped cure over the last 45 years and the key role ILEP Members and their partners can play in upholding their rights.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 27/01/2012 by
The First World Congress on Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) will be held in Agra, India, Monday 26th – Wednesday 28th November 2012. CBR practitioners, representatives from disabled people’s organisations, policy makers, rehabilitation experts, specialists, local and international non-governmental organisations, government officials and other stakeholders will have the opportunity to learn and share validated practices from all over the world.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 20/01/2012 by
Progress in overcoming Neglected Tropical Diseases, including leprosy, is reported in WHO’s Update: Working to Overcome the Global Impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases published in late 2011.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes