Leprosy Training Courses, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, 2016

Leprosy Mailing List – December 18,  2015

Ref.:    (LML) Leprosy Training Courses, Nilphamari, Bangladesh, 2016

From:  Ruth Butlin, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

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Dear Dr. Schreuder,

As the WHO draft strategy mentions, there is an on-going need for preservation and dissemination of leprosy expertise. The Leprosy Mission Bangladesh regularly offers courses related to leprosy at its training centre in Nilphamari, where experienced facilitators and leprosy-affected people are available to ensure trainees fully understand the issues addressed.

-       Clinical leprosy – a basic course for doctors, 12 - 17 March, 2016

-       Leprosy orientation for administrators, 20 - 22 March 2016

I attach information on two upcoming courses. Could you please distribute them through the leprosy Mailing List?

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

C Ruth Butlin

Medical advisor to DBLM hospital and rural health programmes of TLM Bangladesh

Summer School on Disability & Development. Depok, West Java, Indonesia from 18 June to 13 July 2012

Leprosy Mailing List – April 2^nd, 2012 

Ref.:    Summer School on Disability & Development.  Depok, West Java, Indonesia from 18 June to 13 July 2012
From:  W. H. van Brakel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Dear Salvatore,

Could you kindly circulate the following message on your list.

Summer School on Disability & Development

Join us this summer in Indonesia for the 3^rd Summer School on Disability & Development!  This international, English-medium course is offered by the University of Indonesia and the Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam to be held in Depok, West Java, from 18 June – 13 July 2012.  Fees for disabled participants are negotiable.  The course is aimed at a Master-level of study, but the problem-based learning approach used and the large quantity of scientific papers and other documents provided allows participants to study in as much depth as they desire.  A good level of fluency in both spoken and written English is required.  Detailed information is available in the attached documents (Word, PDF).  The course is about disability in general, but leprosy is often used as a model of disablement.

With kind regards,

Wim van Brakel

Course Coordinator

Wim H. van Brakel, MD MSc PhD

Coordinator Disability & Development

Athena Institute

Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences

VU University Amsterdam

Tel. +3120 598 2529

Mobile +316 3035 9935

Email w.van.brakel(at)vu.nl

"On service training in leprosy” in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Leprosy Mailing List – March 8^th, 2012 

Ref.:    "On service training in leprosy” in Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

From:  J Barreto, S. Paulo, Brazil

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Dear Salvatore,

Thank you in advance for sharing this experience of mine about << "on service training in leprosy" >> with the leprosy mailing list readers.

Since 2007, the German leprosy relief association (DAHW) and the Instituto Lauro the Souza Lima (ILSL) have adopted the methodology of "on service training in leprosy", in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul in Brazil.  The method consists of 3 steps:

First: evaluation of the previous knowledge about leprosy.

Second: a lecture, with explanation of what is, indeed, leprosy, i.e., its epidemiology, microbiology, classifications (Madrid, R&J, WHO), clinical diagnosis, laboratorial findings and differential diagnosis, management of the disease and its reactions, and prevention of incapacities.

Third: supervised practice, with recently diagnosed patients, with sensitivity tests (thermal, pain and tactile), palpation of nerve trunks, collection of skin smears and staining of slides "in loco", and evaluation of their household contacts.

Results of the last year (2011):

Number of "on service trainings": 13.

Number of municipalities which participated: 79. 

Number of health professionals trained: 1031, and among them 261 were physicians.

Number of patients evaluated: 588, and among them 123 (almost 20%) new cases were diagnosed.

The complete results of each work can be seen in the site www.dahwmt.org.br.  Finally, the amount of money which was spent to achievement of this results: less than U$ 70.000,00. 

And I think to myself: what could we do with U$ 1 million?

Regards,

Jaison