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Posted on 06/08/2010 by
American Leprosy Missions has been assisting persons affected by leprosy since 1906. It is looking for someone to assume the role of its President and Chief Executive Officer, who can provide vision and strategic leadership to both American Leprosy Missions and Leonard Wood Memorial.
Posted on 27/07/2010 by
On 19th July The Mainichi Daily News reported that a table used for autopsies on leprosy patients at the Oshimasishoen National Sanatorium had been lifted from the Japanese Inland Sea in early July 2010. Approximately twenty-five years ago, when the autopsy room was being demolished to make way for a new recovery wing, it had been thrown into the sea. This table is to be displayed at an art festival until the end of October 2010.
Categories: Japan, News and Notes
Posted on 22/07/2010 by
ILEP Member LEPRA Health in Action will welcome a new Chief Executive Sarah Nancollas in September 2010.
Categories: Members
Posted on 21/07/2010 by
Nicole Dinnissen has been promoted to the role of Project Co-ordinator for Scientific Research at Netherlands Leprosy Relief, which organisation wishes to improve the effectiveness of leprosy control through its support for fundamental and applied scientific research.
Categories: Members, Technical information
Posted on 19/07/2010 by
With just under three months to go to the high level plenary review of the MDGs during the 65th General Assembly of the UN, on 20th – 22nd September 2010, The Leprosy Mission England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (TLM) is one of many NGOs that has been intensifying its lobbying to urge parliamentarians in the UK to keep to the promises they made at the start of the new millennium. Without reinvigorating efforts globally, and without including people affected by disability, it is already clear that the world will fail to meet many of the MDGs, which are the most significant goals ever set to reduce global poverty and inequality.
Categories: International Collaboration, Members