WHO Publications
ILEP is in official relations with the World Health Organization. Together they are:
- working together to ensure the widest possible implementation of the current global strategy for reducing the numbers of cases of leprosy;
- jointly promoting the prevention of disabilities and rehabilitation of persons and families affected by leprosy; and
- continuously striving to improve the quality of patient care and to promote the fight against stigma and discrimination.
The ILEP Federation is helping to disseminate WHO’s current publications on leprosy by making them available for download from the ILEP Website. WHO and ILEP worked closely to prepare the current Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (Plan Period 2006-2010) and its accompanying set of Operational Guidelines. At the end of 2007 the Technical Guide on Community-Based Rehabilitation and Leprosy was published. It was the first joint WHO-ILEP publication.
The WHO also has a page on its Website with links to various publications and reports about leprosy: http://www.who.int/lep/resources/pubs/en/index.html
Global Leprosy Strategy (2006-2010)
The Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006-2010) keeps emphasis on providing quality patient care that is equitably distributed, affordable and easily accessible.
The main elements of the strategy are to:
- sustain leprosy control activities in all endemic countries
- use case detection as the main indicator to monitor progress
- ensure high-quality diagnosis, case management, recording and reporting in all endemic communities
- strengthen routine and referral services
- discontinue the campaign approach
- develop tools and procedures that are home/community-based, integrated and locally appropriate for the prevention of disabilities/impairments and for the provision of rehabilitation services
- promote operational research in order to improve implementation of a sustainable strategy
- encourage supportive working arrangements with partners at all levels.
Download in English: (284KB)
Download in French: (166KB)
Download in Portuguese: (161KB)
Operational Guidelines for Global Leprosy Strategy (2006-2010)
The purpose of the Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006-2010): Operational Guidelines is to help managers of national health services to implement the current Global Strategy in their own countries.
Download in English (large file) (1.2MB)
Download in English (small file) (250KB)
Download in French (892KB)
Download in Portuguese (191KB)
Workshops for Health Service Managers in Charge of Leprosy Control Programmes
These workshops From Global Strategy to National Action, developed for health service managers in charge of leprosy control programmes, are an attempt by the World Health Organization and its partners, including ILEP, to ensure that communities will continue to have access to quality leprosy services even in low endemic countries. The manuals for both participants and facilitators have been developed by the WHO in close collaboration with ILEP. Following a pilot workshop at ALERT, Ethiopia, in December 2007, further workshops are planned during 2008. These will include ones in Trinidad, April 2008 (for the PAHO region) and at ALERT in Ethiopia, May 2008 (for the AFRO region). Further workshops are planned to take place in Bangladesh and Vietnam later in 2008 for both the SEARO and WPRO regions.
Listing of WHO Workshops for Health Service Managers in Charge of Leprosy Control
Download Facilitator Guide (2.24MB)
Download Participant Guide (2.23 MB)
I Can Do It Myself
This booklet offers tips for people affected by leprosy who want to prevent disability.
Download in English: (1.6MB)
Download in French: (1.18MB)
Download in Portuguese: (4.37MB)
Download in Spanish: (2.88MB)
WHO Technical Advisory Group
This Technical Advisory Group is an independent body of experts, which provides appropriate advice to the WHO's Global Leprosy Programme.
Report of 6th Meeting (135KB)
Report of 7th Meeting (236KB)
Report of 8th Meeting (84KB)
Report of 9th Meeting (193KB)
Key Meeting Reports
Draft Report of the Workshop on Sentinel Surveillance for Drug Resistance in Leprosy, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 20th - 22nd October 2008
Download DRAFT Report
Informal Consultation on Innovative Approaches to Further Reduce Leprosy Burden in Countries, 17th - 18th September 2008
Informal Consultation on Rifampicin Resistance in Leprosy held at the National JALMA Institute of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra, India, 30th November - 1st December 2007.