Leprosy Mailing List �C October 19, 2023
Ref.: (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 117, October 2023
From: Takahiro Nanri, Tokyo, Japan
Dear Dr. Schreuder and Friends,
Warm greetings from Sasakawa Health Foundation/ Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative in Tokyo.
We have issued WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO.117 October 2023 "'Don't Forget Leprosy' campaign shifting focus to national level". In this issue, we feature:
MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Two years have passed since I launched the "Don't Forget Leprosy / Hansen's Disease" campaign. Initially, the campaign aimed to spread the message that efforts to eliminate leprosy and related stigma and discrimination must continue even during the pandemic. Read More
VIEWPOINT
"Interruption of transmission": A challenge
Dr. Paul Fine, Professor of Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
There has been much discussion of global targets for leprosy control ever since the initial declaration in 1991 to "eliminate" the disease "as a public health problem," defined as reduction of prevalence below 1 case per 10,000 population. Read more
VIEWPOINT
Observations regarding WHO's Global Leprosy (Hansen disease) update based on 2022 data
Dr. Venkata Ranganadha Rao Pemmaraju, Program Advisor for Medical Issues, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative
"Global Leprosy (Hansen disease) update, 2022: new paradigm �C control to elimination" presented reports received from 182 out of 221 (80%) countries and territories using DHIS2 software, an open source health information management system coordinated by the HISP Centre at the University of Oslo. Read more
LETTER
Open letter to the next Special Rapporteur: Acknowledge the true owners of your mandate
Dr. Alice Cruz, Program Advisor for Human Rights Issues, Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative
Being appointed as a United Nations Special Rapporteur is not only a great honor, but also evidence of the appointee's willingness to serve on a voluntary basis those who experience injustice. Read more
NEXT GENERATION
Finding an extended family in Felehansen
Diana Patricia Medina Córdoba, Vice President, Asociación de Pacientes de Hansen en Bolívar (Asohanbol)
My name is Diana Patricia Medina Córdoba. I was born in Cartagena, a port city in Colombia that faces the Caribbean Sea. When I was 10 years old, I was diagnosed with Hansen's disease. Read more
REPORT
Update from Bangladesh
Jiptha Boiragee, Program Support Coordinator, The Leprosy Mission Bangladesh
In 2019, the National Leprosy Conference in Bangladesh was organized with the support of the Sasakawa Health Foundation and graced by the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Read more
Goodwill Ambassador visits Bangladesh for the first time in four years
Sept. 3�C5, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa visited Bangladesh for the first time since he attended the First National Leprosy Conference held nearly four years ago in December 2019. Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT
Armauer Hansen International Film Festival to be held in Bergen in October
The world's first film festival on the topic of leprosy (Hansen's disease) will be held in Bergen, Norway, from October 24 to 26, 2023. Co-sponsored by the Bergen International Film Festival and the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, the festival is part of a series of events organized to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Dr. Armauer Hansen's discovery of the leprosy bacillus. Read more
We hope that you would enjoy reading the latest Leprosy Bulletin.
Takahiro NANRI, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Sasakawa Health Foundation
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Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative
Sasakawa Health Foundation
Tel：81-3-6229-5377, Fax：81-33-6229-5388
email: hansen@shf.or.jp
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