MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Message from the ambassadororwar
On Nov. 28, 2025, I met with the 14th Dalai Lama for the first time in 11 years. The year before that last meeting, in 2013, we visited one of India’s approximately 750 leprosy colonies together. Read More
VIEWPOINT
Empowerment cannot exist without ownership: Members of the Drafting Committee reflect on the 3rd Global Forum’s outcome documents
The 3rd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Leprosy Hansen’s Disease, facilitated by the Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative, took place July 4–6, 2025, in Bali, Indonesia. Read more
VIEWPOINT
Persons affected by leprosy research stigma and discrimination in India and Brazil
Saksham Kushthateya Swabhimani Sanstha (SKSS), an organization of Kusthanteya (persons affected by leprosy/Hansen’s disease) living in non-colony settings in
Maharashtra, India,… Read more
AMBASSADOR’S JOURNAL
Goodwill Ambassador Sasakawa attends national conference in Sri Lanka
On Nov. 6 and 7, the Sri Lanka National Leprosy Conference “Join Hands to End Leprosy” was held at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel in Colombo. Read more
VIEWPOINT
Empowerment cannot exist without ownership: Members of the Drafting Committee reflect on the 3rd Global Forum’s outcome documents
OBITUARY
Chiemi Sanga passed away on September 20, 2025
Chiemi Sanga joined the Sasakawa Health Foundation in 2012. She started in the General Affairs Department, and then, in 2017, she moved to the Leprosy Division, where she served as Chief Program Officer and Director for eight years. Read more
