Fw: Ref.: (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 121, June 2024

 

Leprosy Mailing List – June 27,  2024

 

Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 121, June 2024

From:  Takahiro Nanri, Tokyo, Japan

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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.121 June 2024 "Take advantage of our window of opportunity." In this issue, we feature: 

 

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
I have compared the fight against leprosy to a motorcycle, with the front wheel representing efforts to control the disease and the back wheel indicating actions to eliminate discrimination. Read More 

 

50th Anniversary of WHO–TNF/SHF Partnership
Interview with Dr. David Heymann

With this issue, the Leprosy Bulletin is launching a six-part series in relation to the upcoming 50th anniversary of the partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and The Nippon Foundation (TNF)/Sasakawa Health Foundation (SHF) for the elimination of leprosy. Read more 

 

VIEWPOINT
CRADAR-i method promises a breakthrough in point-of-care diagnostic testing for leprosy

 

Dr. Koichi Suzuki, Professor, Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medical Technology, Teikyo University: At present, definitive leprosy diagnosis relies on laboratory-based PCR testing involving expensive equipment, refrigeration, and highly trained technicians. Testing for drug resistance requires an additional scientific instrument called a DNA sequencer. Read more 

 

VIEWPOINT
A rights-based perspective on stopping transmission

Dr. Alice Cruz, Program Advisor for Human Rights Issues, Sasakawa Health Foundation: Last month, in May 2024, I attended the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy (GPZL) Zero Transmission Symposium to discuss the interruption of Hansen's disease and take stock of progress made since a similar symposium was held 10 years ago. Read more 

 

AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL
Goodwill Ambassador seeks cooperation to realize WHO's global strategy targets by 2030  

The World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Yohei Sasakawa, visited Geneva, Switzerland, to meet with health ministers from WHO-designated global priority countries and other officials who were in the city to attend the 77th World Health Assembly. Read more 

 

SPOTLIGHT
SPOTLIGHT: New website about Bergen's leprosy heritage  

In the global history of leprosy, Norway's second largest city, Bergen, is best known for being the place where Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen discovered the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae in 1873. Read more 

 

BACK ISSUES 

 

We hope that you would enjoy reading the latest Leprosy Bulletin. 

 

Takahiro NANRI, Ph.D.
President, 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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