News & Events

Posted on 26 January 2007 by ILEP

The ILEP Co-ordinator for India, Mr Jeyakumar Daniel, together with representatives of TLM India (Dr. G. Rajan Babu), LEPRA India (Dr. P.V. Ranganadha Rao), and NLR India (Dr. M.A. Arif), recently met with Dr. Samlee...

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Category: International Collaboration

Posted on 26 January 2007 by Sabine Fürst

Sabine Fürst joined the Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe (DAHW) in November 2006 as a Project Officer. She has responsibility for co-ordinating the work DAHW supports in Sudan, Nigeria and North India.

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Category: Members

Posted on 10 January 2007 by ILEP

Howard E Crouch died on 8th January 2007. He founded the Damien-Dutton Society for Leprosy Aid, Inc. in 1944, a non-profit organisation based in Bellmore, New York, dedicated to freeing the world of leprosy. He named the...

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Category: News and Notes

Posted on 8 January 2007 by Professor Paul Fine

In his article published in the WHO Bulletin* the epidemiologist Paul Fine argues that leprosy will not disappear soon. He notes too that leprosy research and specialist clinical expertise are still needed.

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Category: News and Notes