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Posted on 16/06/2009 by
Since the number of new cases of leprosy has not shown a notable decline in India, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has decided to conduct research into certain key areas that could shed light on steady numbers of people detected with leprosy.
Categories: India, Technical information
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.
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 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 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