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Leprosy was historically widespread in Europe and hung on in some countries well into the 20th century. While today, most cases detected are ‘imported’, there remain occasional autochthonous cases in countries such as Spain and Italy on Europe’s southern boundaries. In all likelihood the disappearance of leprosy from most of Europe reflected the general improvements seen in socio economic conditions and nutrition over the last century. Most ILEP Members are headquartered in Europe and raise their funds from people and institutions who today have no experience of leprosy in their own communities and may even be unaware that it was once widespread as far north as the Arctic Circle.
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Posted on 28/08/2009 by
The Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden due to Leprosy for the five years 2011-2015 and its accompanying set of Operational Guidelines have been published. They can be downloaded from the ILEP website.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America, Technical information
Posted on 16/11/2009 by
In April 2009, an exhibition named "Behind the Wall" was opened within the Hospital. The exhibition, funded by the Health Ministry of Health, is an attempt to remember and preserve the unique human story.
Categories: Israel, News and Notes
Posted on 17/11/2009 by
The M leprae genome is extremely stable according to findings made by Claire Watson and Diana Lockwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Categories: Europe, Technical information
Posted on 17/12/2009 by
DNA taken from the shrouded remains of a man discovered in a tomb next to the Old City of Jerusalem shows him to be the first human proven to have had leprosy, according to Hebrew University researchers and North American and British collaborators.
Categories: Israel, News and Notes