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Posted on 27 July 2007 by
An overview of leprosy control in Thailand, published by WHO.
Categories: Asia, Technical information, Thailand
Posted on 24 July 2007 by
The Leprosy Mission International recently announced this year's winners of its Wellesley Bailey Awards. We reprint here, with their kind permission, their press release, in which the extraordinary lives of Mr Koichi Kondo and Ms Nevis Mary are described.
Categories: News and Notes
Posted on 5 July 2007 by
A strong desire obligated me to set aside the office work for a day. I had to visit the field again. This was something which I had done regularly for twenty years up until the time, a few years ago, when a team I had successfully built up, had been able to take over full responsibility for this task from me.
Categories: Africa, Field Activities, Yemen
Posted on 2 May 2007 by
This discussion list has been set up following the Informal Consultation on Rifampicin Resistance in Leprosy convened by WHO at the National JALMA Institute in Agra, India on 30th November and 1st December 2007.
Categories: Technical information
Posted on 1 May 2007 by
The emergence of drug resistance is a cause for concern and a threat for any infectious disease intervention programme. An informal consultation was held in Agra, India to look at rifampicin resistance in the treatment of leprosy.
Categories: Technical information