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Posted on 21 July 2010 by
Nicole Dinnissen has been promoted to the role of Project Co-ordinator for Scientific Research at Netherlands Leprosy Relief, which organisation wishes to improve the effectiveness of leprosy control through its support for fundamental and applied scientific research.
Categories: Members, Technical information
Posted on 16 July 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 July 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 19 May 2010 by
Presented through the Leprosy Mailing List (LML), this distance learning guide by Salvatore Noto and Pieter A M Schreuder offers concise practical advice on how to diagnose leprosy.
Categories: News and Notes, Technical information
Posted on 29 April 2010 by
Dr Roch Christian Johnson has been co-opted by the ILEP Board onto the ILEP Technical Commission until the end of their current mandate in 2011.
Categories: Africa, Benin, News and Notes, Technical information