Posted on 24 June 2008 by ILEP

On 18th June 2008, the 8th United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously approved a resolution tabled by Japan on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy.

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Category: China, News and Notes


Posted on 23 June 2008 by ILEP

The elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members is a landmark resolution that will help root out discriminatory behaviour towards people affected by leprosy everywhere in the world.

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Category: International Collaboration


Posted on 17 June 2008 by ILEP

ILEP is supporting the First Asia-Pacific CBR Congress which will be held 9th – 11th December 2008 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Category: Asia, International Collaboration, Thailand


Posted on 13 June 2008 by ILEP

On 13th June 2008 the World Health Organization published a report about the epidemiological trends of leprosy 1983-2006 in Viet Nam in its Weekly Epidemiological Record.

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Category: Asia, Technical information, Vietnam


Posted on 13 June 2008 by ILEP

Love is an antidote to pain. The alleviation it can offer shines through in a documentary produced by the American Public Broadcasting Service about life in Carville, a leprosarium established in Louisiana in 1894.

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Category: News and Notes, North and Central America