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Leprosy Mailing List –  March 25,  2025

 

Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 125, March 2025

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.125 March 2025 "Breaking barriers to healthcare for persons affected by leprosy." In this issue, we feature: 

 

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
On Jan. 30, the date that India observes its national version of World Leprosy Day, the "Global Appeal 2025 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy" was held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Read More 

 

REPORT
Global Appeal 2025 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy launched from Odisha, India

In 2006, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa, with the support of The Nippon Foundation, launched the first Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy from Delhi, India. Read more

 

50th Anniversary of WHO–TNF/SHF Partnership
History preservation at Fontilles sanatorium saves a model of compassionate care

José Manuel Amorós Muñoz, Director General, Fontilles Foundation

In 1991, encouraged by the effectiveness of multidrug therapy (MDT), the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2000. Read more 

 

VIEWPOINT
Too much fear of transmission, not enough awareness of invisible disabilities

As part of the Global Appeal 2025 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy held in India on Jan. 30, the Leprosy Bulletin interviewed two persons affected by leprosy living in Odisha to learn about their experiences. Read more

 

AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL

Goodwill Ambassador visits India and Sri Lanka for World Leprosy Day and Global Appeal 2025

On Jan. 29, 2025, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa left Japan for an 11-day visit to India and Sri Lanka. Read more

 

ANNOUNCEMENT
In remembrance of Fichrin Hidayat, a true fighter for persons affected by leprosy in Indonesia

Contributed by Hasan Basri, Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative Young Scholar

Fichrin was one of four participants in the Sasakawa Leprosy Initiative's Young Scholar Program in Indonesia, along with myself, Kasmawati, and Yusniati. Fichrin and I lived together in Makassar for three-and-a-half months, sharing accommodation, experiences, and stories. 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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