Discover the real stories...
News & Events
News & Events
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 28/08/2009 by
Le Mali a atteint en 2001 le seuil d’élimination de la lèpre, fixé par l’OMS à moins d’un cas pour 10 000 habitants. Mises à part quelques disparités et des poches de lèpre dans certaines régions plus reculées, les progrès obtenus permettent de rendre hommage à tous ceux qui se sont investis dans cette lutte, et d’être optimiste quant à la consolidation des acquis.
Categories: Africa, Field Activities, Mali, Members
Posted on 07/08/2009 by
A field visit to Nimba County has revealed that much is to be done to support people affected by leprosy in this country and DAHW, the ILEP Co-ordinator for anti-leprosy activities in Liberia, is appealing to ILEP Members and other organisations to assist.
Categories: Africa, Field Activities, International Collaboration, Liberia
Posted on 08/06/2009 by
The Leprosy Mission Southern Africa has long experience of the realities of the daily lives not only of people affected by leprosy, but also of those with disabilities as a result of other conditions. Since the prevalence of leprosy in South Africa is low, a survey was conducted in 2006 and 2007 with the purpose of discovering gaps in services for people with general physical disability in rural areas.
Categories: South Africa
Posted on 29/05/2009 by
Just over a quarter century of trends in cases of leprosy in Yemen is reported in the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record published on 22nd May 2009.
Categories: Technical information, Yemen