MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Finding mutual inspiration in Hyderabad
In early November, I visited India for the first time in three years. My packed one-week schedule included a meeting with Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, in Delhi… Read More
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Summary of 2nd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease
The 2nd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease was held in Hyderabad, India, Nov. 6-8, 2022. As with the inaugural Global Forum held three years earlier in Manila, Philippines,… Read more
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Collaboration with beauty pageant winners to raise awareness of leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Summary of 21st International Leprosy Congress held in Hyderabad, India
The 21st International Leprosy Congress (ILC), which was organized around the theme “Early Diagnosis – Better Knowledge – Improved Care,” was held in Hyderabad, India, Nov. 9-11, 2022. Read more
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Case detection innovations for achieving interruption of transmission
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Testing for rifampicin-resistant M. leprae
As a tool to achieve the goal of zero leprosy, post-exposure prophylaxis in the form of a single dose of rifampicin (SDR-PEP) given to contacts of leprosy patients has a major role to play. Read more
REPORT from HYDERABAD
History preservation as a third pillar in the fight against leprosy
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Preserving Europe’s historical heritage of leprosy
Along with Eduardo de Miguel Selma of Fontilles, a leprosy sanatorium established in Spain in 1909 that remains active as a treatment facility and referral center, Sasakawa Health Foundation (SHF) hosted a thematic session… Read more
REPORT from HYDERABAD
Results of “Don’t Forget Leprosy” grant-supported surveys in Brazil
As part of its “Don’t Forget Leprosy” campaign” launched in August 2021 amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Initiative has provided grants for surveys… Read more
DARA BOX
WHO’s annual global leprosy update (2021 data)
In September 2022, WHO published its annual global leprosy (Hansen’s disease) update. The update presents statistics based on 2021 data reported by 143 countries, including all 23 global priority countries. Read more
AMBASSADOR’S JOURNAL
WHO Goodwill Ambassador’s active week in India
WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa started his first visit to India in about three years in New Delhi at the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, which also houses WHO’s Global Leprosy Programme,… Read more
