Posted on 3 December 2008 by Douglas Soutar

Observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December offers an opportunity to foster changes in attitudes towards people with disabilities and eliminate barriers to their participation in life, as...

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Posted on 1 December 2008 by ILEP

Gail Tsukiyama reveals the depth of emotion, feeling and experience of a young Chinese man with tuberculosis and three friends he makes in Japan, one of whom has leprosy.

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Category: Book reviews, News and Notes


Posted on 24 November 2008 by ILEP

Evidence of resistance to rifampicin, the most important component of MDT, which is used to treat and cure people with leprosy, has prompted the World Health Organization’s Global Leprosy Programme to embark on an initiative to...

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Category: International Collaboration, Technical information


Posted on 6 November 2008 by ILEP

An International Congress on Disability and Development, taking place 2nd – 3rd December in Berlin.

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Category: International Collaboration


Posted on 27 October 2008 by Dr Vijaykumar Pannikar, WHO, GLP

The Global Leprosy Programme (GLP) has started to prepare the strategic directions for the global leprosy control activities during the next five-year period (2011-2015).

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Category: International Collaboration, Technical information


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