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Posted on 26/05/2010 by
Participants at a recent Workshop in Nadi welcomed WHO’s Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden Due to Leprosy (2011-2015).
Categories: International Collaboration
Posted on 24/05/2010 by
Dr Pfaltzgraff, who spent many years of his life assisting people affected by leprosy, including through work for ILEP Member American Leprosy Missions, died on 1st March 2010 at his home in Pennsylvania, USA.
Categories: News and Notes, Nigeria
Posted on 21/05/2010 by
The young doctor and nun Dr Ruth Pfau was actually on her way to India when problems with obtaining a visa forced her to make a stop in Karachi on 8th March 1960. This stopover turned into fifty years of life dedicated to the poorest of the poor in the slums of this city port.
Categories: News and Notes, Pakistan
Posted on 19/05/2010 by
Presented through the Leprosy Mailing List (LML), this distance learning guide by Salvatore Noto and Pieter A M Schreuder offers concise practical advice on how to diagnose leprosy.
Categories: News and Notes, Technical information
Posted on 19/05/2010 by
Netherlands Leprosy Relief invites proposals for leprosy research projects, especially into stigma and discrimination, community-based rehabilitation and the functioning and quality of health services.
Categories: News and Notes, Research