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Posted on 19/01/2012 by
On 1st February 2012 Dr Ala Alwan will take up the role of WHO Regional Director of their Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) following appointment by the World Health Organization’s Executive Board during their 130th Session this January.
Categories: Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Yemen
Posted on 16/01/2012 by
On 24th November 2011 the Dhaka Government repealed the 1898 Leprosy Act that segregated leprosy patients from their families and society because at the time it was believed that leprosy was contagious and incurable.
Categories: Bangladesh
Posted on 13/01/2012 by
In July 2010 the Japanese publisher Koseisha published poetry, essays and fiction by persons affected by leprosy dating from the 1920s in a ten-volume collection. Kathryn Tanaka, a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilization at the University of Chicago here shares her knowledge of some of these writings.
Categories: Japan
Posted on 31/10/2011 by
The World Medical Association adopted a Declaration at its 62nd General Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2011, recommending that all National Medical Associations defend the right of people affected by leprosy and their family members to be treated with dignity and free from any kind of prejudice or discrimination.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 16/09/2011 by
On 14th September 2011 the Honourable President Smt. Pratibha Patil gave assurance that she will look into the issues faced by persons affected by leprosy and help them to lead a stigma-free, honourable and purposeful life and also try for total elimination of leprosy from the country. This assurance was given to a high level delegation led by Shri Ram Naik, former Petroleum Minister.
Categories: India