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Posted on 16 March 2009 by
Yasmin Entwistle was promoted by the late Rene Vargas, Programmes Director of LEPRA Health in Action, to the role of Programmes Officer for Asia, which she took up in January 2009.
Categories: Members, News and Notes
Posted on 6 March 2009 by
During the last half-century, we have been able to help more than half a million of people suffering from leprosy and other diseases of poverty. Today, we work for people who find themselves trapped in a vicious circle of poverty and poor health. And we have adopted a new name: FAIRMED – Health for the Poorest.
Categories: Members
Posted on 24 October 2008 by
The Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation were jointly awarded the 2008 Damien Dutton Award at a ceremony on 10th October 2008.
Categories: Members, News and Notes
Posted on 15 October 2008 by
Four months after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, through the efforts of The Leprosy Mission International staff to identify and provide assistance and rehabilitation to persons with disability, the true scale of the needs are being uncovered.
Categories: Asia, Field Activities, International Collaboration, Members, Myanmar
Posted on 4 August 2008 by
This 30th July, San Ignacio’s Day, a supper was held at the San Francisco de Borja Sanitorium in honour of the work of Dr José Terencio de las Aguas, who raised scientific standards significantly at the San Francisco de Borja Sanitorium.