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Posted on 04/07/2011 by
Professor Cairns Smith took up a position as Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the University of Aberdeen on 1st July 2011, retiring from his post as lead of the Section of Population Health at the end of this June. Passionate about promoting excellence in public health policy and practice, Professor Smith shares here some of his extensive experience, knowledge and thoughts on leprosy and its global control, over which he has long been playing a significant role.
Categories: News and Notes
Posted on 01/07/2011 by
The death took place recently of Dr Esther Mary Davis OBE, who was loved and respected for her medical work, both in Northern Ireland and Nigeria where she spent a major part of her life.
Categories: News and Notes, Nigeria
Posted on 29/06/2011 by
Dignity Regained: Cambodia, is a collection of personal narratives of persons affected by leprosy that has been published this year in both Khmer and English.
Categories: Africa, Asia, Cambodia, China, Europe, Ghana, India, Middle East, Myanmar, News and Notes
Posted on 18/05/2011 by
On 17th May 2011 the Global Health Council announced the United Nation’s leading programme for research and scientific collaboration, which helps co-ordinate, support and promote global efforts to combat infectious diseases of the poor and disadvantaged, as the winner of the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health.
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Posted on 05/04/2011 by
Almost four weeks’ since the earthquake and tsunami struck north eastern Japan, the Sumanahalli Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre in Bangalore, Karnataka, has started an official campaign to raise funds for those affected by these two natural disasters that killed thousands and wiped out hundreds of towns and villages.
Categories: India, Japan, News and Notes