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Posted on 16 July 2010 by
Findings from the sentinel sites in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Myanmar and Vietnam participating in the sentinel surveillance network to monitor drug resistance in leprosy, set up in 2009 by the Global Leprosy Programme, are published in the WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record dated 16th July 2010.
Categories: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Myanmar, Technical information, Vietnam
Posted on 15 July 2010 by
Seeing the value, dignity and inspiration in each person is the theme of the latest newsletter published by the International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement, IDEA, the international human rights and advocacy organisation working to end stigma and discrimination against all persons affected by leprosy.
Categories: News and Notes
Posted on 13 July 2010 by
At the end of 1999, LEPRA Health in Action opened a state-of-the-art research centre for infectious diseases in Cherlapally, Hyderabad, funded from £3 million collected through an appeal organised by the UK children’s programme Blue Peter.
It functions in close collaboration with national and international research laboratories as well as other components of LEPRA India to pursue research in clinical, operational, field and basic research studies.
Categories: India, Technical information
Posted on 9 July 2010 by
Shri M Hamid Ansari, the Vice-President of India, was in Sewagram in Wardha district on 1st July 2010 to present the 2009 International Gandhi Award to Vidarbha Maharogi Sewa Mandal, a non-governmental organisation for leprosy patients, and Dr Vijaykumar Pannikar, former Team Leader of the Global Leprosy Programme.
Categories: News and Notes
Posted on 8 July 2010 by
On 3rd June 2010, Ruling Awami League MP Saber Hossain Chowdhury placed a bill before the Bangladeshi Parliament on the private members’ day to repeal the 1898 Lepers Act.
Categories: Bangladesh