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Posted on 05/01/2010 by
The most recent issue of Health Exchange, the magazine of Healthlink Worldwide, focuses on the right to health.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 03/12/2009 by
“Experience shows that when persons with disabilities are empowered to participate and lead the process of development, the entire community opens up” says UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon in his Message on International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 01/12/2009 by
The 3rd December marks the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disability. The theme this year is focussed on making the Millennium Development Goals inclusive of people with disability.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 30/11/2009 by
Mr Vijaykumar Pannikar, who has been Team Leader of the World Health Organization’s Global Leprosy Programme since March 2005, retires at the end of November 2009. In a rare free moment, Dr Pannikar kindly agreed to an interview. Here follow his thoughts and reflections shared during that conversation.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes
Posted on 09/10/2009 by
During the afternoon of 1st October the Human Rights Council adopted 15 resolutions, including one on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members.
Categories: International Collaboration, News and Notes