ILEP Activities

The following ILEP Members are supporting anti-leprosy activities in Nepal:

- Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau (AIFO)
- American Leprosy Missions (ALM)
- Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW)
- FAIRMED - Health for the poorest (FAIRMED)
- LEPRA Health in Action (LEPRA)
- Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)
- Fontilles Lucha contra la Lepra (SF)
- Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (SMHF)
- The Leprosy Mission International (TLMI)

Below are descriptions of some of their typical activities along with contact details:

ALM

ALM supports physio/occupational therapy work at Green Pastures Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal. ALM also provides support for rehabilitation of people who have been affected by leprosy through partners, Lalgadh Leprosy Center. 

Please see the Nepal page on the ALM website for more information: http://www.leprosy.org/getinterested/ourprojects/nepal

AIFO

AIFO works with local Nepali NGO, WATCH, and supports community-based rehabilitation projects in Nepal.

Please see the AIFO website for more information: http://www.aifo.it

DAHW

Please see the Nepal page on the DAHW website (in German) for more information: http://www.dahw.de/dahw.php/cat/21/cid/3/country/42/title/Nepal

FAIRMED

In Nepal FAIRMED supports the creation of structures for the physiotherapeutic treatment of disabled (leprosy) patients and the training of expert personnel.

Please see the FAIRMED website for more information: http://www.lepra.ch/

NLR

NLR has been supporting leprosy control work in eastern Nepal for many years. Collaboration was formalised with the Government of Nepal in 1979 when a joint programme for basic health services was launched.  The first official project agreement for leprosy was made in 1986, with subsequent extensions in 1989, 1995 and at present. The organisation supports one of the busiest leprosy control programmes in the country, the Eastern Leprosy Control Programme (ELCP) detecting about 3000 new leprosy patients and rendering services to about 7000 registered leprosy cases every year.

NLR works closely with the Government of Nepal to reduce the prevalence and incidence of leprosy and supports prevention of disability (POD) activities.

Please see the Nepal page on the NLR website (in Dutch) for more information: http://www.leprastichting.nl/Project/19/Nepal.html

TLMI

The Leprosy Mission (TLM) provides support for various activities in Nepal. For example, TLM has been working in partnership with the Nepali government since 1957 providing specialist leprosy care at Anandaban Hospital, and training healthcare workers through the Central Region Technical Support Centre. Both projects are based in the Lalitpur district, south of Kathmandu.

TLM supports Anandaban Hospital which serves as a leprosy referral hospital as well as providing general medical care and has a 118 bed inpatient capacity. The hospital has a dynamic leprosy research facility working at the frontline of leprosy research.

Other activities supported by TLM in Nepal include: Prevention of Disability (POD), Community-based rehabilitation (CBR) and health education.

 
Contact details:
Mr. Shovakhar Kandel (TLMI Representative)
Leprosy Mission Nepal
Anandaban Hospital
PO Box 151
Kathmandu
NEPAL

Phone : +977 (1) 4290545
E-mail : ShovakharK@tlmnepal.org

Please see the Nepal page on the TLMI website for more information: http://www.leprosymission.org/web/pages/worldwide/south_asia/leprosy_nepal.html

LEPRA

Working through the Nepal Leprosy Trust (NLT) LEPRA’s activities in Nepal aim to eliminate leprosy as a major public health concern, and the stigma and discrimination associated with leprosy and other socially excluding conditions.

Activities focus on preventing disabilities and integration of people with disabilities into the wider community through their participation in self help groups.

Please see the Nepal page on the LEPRA website for more information: http://www.lepra.org.uk/projects.asp?proj_id=109

SMHF

The Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (SMHF) provides support to local organisations including the Nepal Leprosy Trust and IDEA Nepal.

Please see the SMHF website for more information http://www.smhf.or.jp

SF

Fontilles Lucha contra la Lepra (SF) supports leprosy work in Nepal, working through local organisations and other ILEP Members.

Please see the SF website for more information: http://www.fontilles.org