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Posted on 01/07/2011 by
The death took place recently of Dr Esther Mary Davis OBE, who was loved and respected for her medical work, both in Northern Ireland and Nigeria where she spent a major part of her life.
Categories: News and Notes, Nigeria
Posted on 06/06/2011 by
DAHW is helping people in Nigeria through community-based rehabilitation projects.
Posted on 19/05/2011 by
“I feel like someone with leprosy” goes the saying of people who feel they are being marginalised. As unhappy as this comparison is, unfortunately – even today in our seemingly enlightened world – persons affected by leprosy are still marginalised and even rejected by their own families. The German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association (DAHW) gives those affected the opportunity to build a new existence – an existence among those very persons who once banished them.
Posted on 12/08/2010 by
Linking community-based rehabilitation (CBR) with disability and rehabilitation and the launch of the WHO, ILO, UNESCO and IDDC guidelines on CBR is the theme of this Conference, which is to be held 26th – 29th October 2010 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Categories: Nigeria, Technical information
Posted on 24/05/2010 by
Dr Pfaltzgraff, who spent many years of his life assisting people affected by leprosy, including through work for ILEP Member American Leprosy Missions, died on 1st March 2010 at his home in Pennsylvania, USA.
Categories: News and Notes, Nigeria