6th Meeting - Geneva, 9th - 10th February 2004

7th Meeting - Geneva, 4th - 5th April 2005

8th Meeting - Aberdeen, 21st April 2006

9th Meeting - Cairo, 6th - 7th March 2008

10th Meeting - New Delhi, 23rd April 2009



WHO TAG Informal Consultations, London, November 2009

WHO TAG Informal Consultations, London, November 2009

Informal Consultation on Monitoring Grade II Disability Rate
Thursday 12th November 2009

Report of the Informal Consultation: Monitoring Grade-2 Disability Rate and Applicability of Chemoprophylaxis in Leprosy Control

Global Trends in Grade II Disabilities
Professor Cairns Smith (given on behalf of Dr Vijaykumar Pannikar who was unable to attend)

Trend of Grade II Disability in Brazil
Dr Maria Leide Oliveira

Current Practices in Grade II Disability Assessment and Monitoring
Dr Wim van Brakel

Requirements for Monitoring and Evaluation
Dr Paul Saunderson

Association between Grade II Disability and Hidden Cases
Professor Cairns Smith

Association between Grade II Disabilty and Delay in Diagnosis 
Dr Padebattu Krishnamurthy

Mechanism to Validate Grade II Disability Reported from the Field
Professor Paul Fine 



Informal Consultation on Applicability of Chemoprophylaxis in Leprosy Control
Friday 13th November 2009

General Overview: History of Chemoprophylaxis in Leprosy
Dr Etienne Declercq

Studies on Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis in Federated States of Micronesia
Dr Arturo Cunanan

Studies on Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis in the Maldives
Dr Myo Thet Htoon (given on behalf of Dr Kyaw Lwin who was unable to attend)

Studies on Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis in Bangladesh
Professor Jan Hendrik Richardus

Studies on Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis in Indonesia
Dr Linda Oskam

Cost-Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis
Professor Cairns Smith

Cost-Effectiveness of Chemoprophylaxis (COLEP Experience Bangladesh)
Professor Jan Hendrik Richardus

Future Directions for Research
Dr Joseph Kawuma