27/11/2009 Mobile Phones Will Make Defaulter Tracing History in Control Programmes

Defaulter tracing used to consume a lot of time and resources (vehicles, motor bikes, spare parts, fuel, etc) and only 40% of defaulters were reached.

Categories: Africa, Sudan

13/09/2011 What is the Future of Leprosy Control in the Republic of South Sudan?

Leonore Küster has been the Representative of the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association in South Sudan since 2007. Here she shares thoughts about leprosy control in South Sudan both before and following independence.

Categories: Sudan

19/01/2012 WHO Executive Board Appoints EMRO Regional Director

On 1st February 2012 Dr Ala Alwan will take up the role of WHO Regional Director of their Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) following appointment by the World Health Organization’s Executive Board during their 130th Session this January.