News
26/05/2008 TLMI and Partners Creating Referral Centre for Disabled Affected by Cyclone Nargis
- One million homeless. - More than 34,000 dead according to the Burmese state media, although international agencies estimate the number could be nearer 100,000. - Other reports estimate approximately 40% of those affected are children. Statistics, such as these, are being published extensively, and on a daily basis, by media around the world. But how are people with disabilities coping with the after effects of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma on Saturday 3rd May?
15/10/2008 TLMI Nargis Special Project: ‘Thousands Still Await Help’
Four months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, through the efforts of The Leprosy Mission International staff to identify and provide assistance and rehabilitation to persons with disability, the true scale of the needs are being uncovered.
16/07/2010 Surveillance of Drug Resistance in Leprosy: 2009
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.
24/08/2010 Asia-Pacific CBR Convention, Kuala Lumpur, 13th – 15th November 2010
Promoting inclusive and sustainable development and introducing the new WHO, ILO, UNESCO and IDDC guidelines on CBR is the theme of this Convention, which is to be held 13th – 15th November 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
29/06/2011 Personal Accounts of Leprosy for Persons Affected by Leprosy
Dignity Regained: Cambodia, is a collection of personal narratives of persons affected by leprosy that has been published this year in both Khmer and English.