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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 05/05/2011 by
These Guidelines recognise the major role persons affected by leprosy have to play in leprosy services especially in the areas of advocacy, awareness and rehabilitation as a means to not only empower persons affected by leprosy, but also to change the attitudes and behaviours of others towards those who are affected by leprosy.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 07/04/2011 by
Today the World Health Organization is launching a global campaign under the slogan ‘Combat Drug Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow’ with the aim of countering the ever more dangerous threat posed by the growth of antimicrobial resistance. This worldwide problem is hampering the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating serious and life-threatening infections such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV.
Categories: International Collaboration, Technical information
Posted on 25/03/2011 by
The 25th March 2011 issue of the World Health Organization’s Weekly Epidemiological Record is on the topic of Neglected Tropical Diseases, of which leprosy is one of seventeen.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, News and Notes, North and Central America, Oceania, South America
Posted on 10/02/2011 by
On 21st December 2010 the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted
a resolution on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy and Their Family Members.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Europe, International Collaboration, Middle East, North and Central America, Oceania, South America