Leprosy Mailing List, July 17th, 2009
Ref.: LML closes temporarily
From: Noto S., Genoa, Italy
Dear All,
The LML will temporarily close. It will be working again by the end of August 2009.
Thank you to all of you,
S. Noto
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Acworth Leprosy Museum, Mumbay, India
Leprosy Mailing List, July 17th, 2009
Ref.: Acworth Leprosy Museum, Mumbay, India (see attachments)
From: Mishra K. J., Mumbai, India
Dear Dr Noto,
I would like to send an article related with the initiation of the efforts to open a museum for leprosy history. I have been associated with Acworth Leprosy Hospital Research Society for one and half years and worked as a Research Assistant in regards to collection, documentation, filing and analysis of archival materials for leprosy subject for the period 1860-1953.
I request you to kindly publish it in the leprosy mailing list and pleased to inform you that "Leprosy Review" has covered this information in their "News and Item" column for this month's edition.
In addition to this, I am attaching the photograph of display of exhibit artefacts of Museum to Mr. Phatak by Dr. W.S. Bhatki, the Honourable Director of Acworth Leprosy Museum. Looking forward for your positive response.
Thanks and Regards,
Ms. Kavita J Mishra
Placement Officer
Alkesh Dinesh Mosy Institute for Financial and Management Studies
University of Mumbai
Tel.: 022-26524450/9819925109
Ref.: Acworth Leprosy Museum, Mumbay, India (see attachments)
From: Mishra K. J., Mumbai, India
Dear Dr Noto,
I would like to send an article related with the initiation of the efforts to open a museum for leprosy history. I have been associated with Acworth Leprosy Hospital Research Society for one and half years and worked as a Research Assistant in regards to collection, documentation, filing and analysis of archival materials for leprosy subject for the period 1860-1953.
I request you to kindly publish it in the leprosy mailing list and pleased to inform you that "Leprosy Review" has covered this information in their "News and Item" column for this month's edition.
In addition to this, I am attaching the photograph of display of exhibit artefacts of Museum to Mr. Phatak by Dr. W.S. Bhatki, the Honourable Director of Acworth Leprosy Museum. Looking forward for your positive response.
Thanks and Regards,
Ms. Kavita J Mishra
Placement Officer
Alkesh Dinesh Mosy Institute for Financial and Management Studies
University of Mumbai
Tel.: 022-26524450/9819925109
Report of the 10th meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control
Leprosy Mailing List, July 17th, 2009
Ref.: Report of the 10th meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control (see attachment)
From: Pannikar V., New Delhi, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Please find attached the report of the 10th meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control held on 23 April 2009 at New Delhi, India. Kindly share this document with interested colleagues.
Regards,
V. Pannikar
Ref.: Report of the 10th meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control (see attachment)
From: Pannikar V., New Delhi, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Please find attached the report of the 10th meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control held on 23 April 2009 at New Delhi, India. Kindly share this document with interested colleagues.
Regards,
V. Pannikar
WER article on drug resistance Page 264-267
Leprosy Mailing List, July 8th, 2009
Ref.: WER article on drug resistance Page 264-267
From: Pannikar V., New Delhi, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Please find attached WER (Pages 264-267) on WHO’s drug resistance surveillance in Leprosy. I believe that it is of paramount importance to keep a close watch on the drug resistance situation, particularly for the emergence of rifampicin resistant M. leprae.
WHO is planning to publish such reports at least once a year from now onwards. I will be grateful if you can share this article with your colleagues.
Regards,
V. Pannikar
Ref.: WER article on drug resistance Page 264-267
From: Pannikar V., New Delhi, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Please find attached WER (Pages 264-267) on WHO’s drug resistance surveillance in Leprosy. I believe that it is of paramount importance to keep a close watch on the drug resistance situation, particularly for the emergence of rifampicin resistant M. leprae.
WHO is planning to publish such reports at least once a year from now onwards. I will be grateful if you can share this article with your colleagues.
Regards,
V. Pannikar
4 new leprosy cases in one family of 5 house holds
Leprosy Mailing List, July 8th, 2009
Ref.: 4 new leprosy cases in one family of 5 house holds
From: Bhatki W. S., Mumbai, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Greetings from Mumbai, India. I have received three brief comments to my message (Bhatki W. S. LML July 3rd , 2009). They were from Prof. P K Das, Dr A Mondjo and from yourself. Thank you very much for these. I express my sincere thanks particularly to Prof. Das for taking interest in my recent experience on contact examination. You are requested to kindly communicate my response as follows through the LML.
The leprosy cases (i.e. 4 new cases in one family of 5 house holds) mentioned in the manuscript referred above have not been published any where. The cases, however, had been registered for MDT and included as new cases in the monthly report of the respective month submitted to the Asstt. Director of Health Services, Leprosy (Mumbai), the local Government authority for leprosy.
There was a time when leprosy was highly prevalent, we used to get families with multiple cases particularly in slums. However, now when the leprosy prevalence is drastically reduced to a level of elimination, the incidence of multiple cases in one family is very rare.
The intention of my communication on contact examination was mainly to sensitize and motivate all those who are working in the leprosy programme for undertaking proper contact examination if there are multiple child cases in the family. If this is added with simple smear examination, there are chances that the source case, if any, among adult house holds could be detected significantly early.
I do not think that there will be adequate number of families with multiple cases to take up any research project involving PGL-1 or other serological studies. I will be happy to meet Prof. Das in person when he will visit Mumbai and discuss with him the related issues. I will certainly communicate his regards to Dr Ganapathi.
Thanks and regards.
Dr W S Bhatki
Maharshtra Lokahita Seva Mandal,
Mumbai, India
Ref.: 4 new leprosy cases in one family of 5 house holds
From: Bhatki W. S., Mumbai, India
Dear Dr Noto,
Greetings from Mumbai, India. I have received three brief comments to my message (Bhatki W. S. LML July 3rd , 2009). They were from Prof. P K Das, Dr A Mondjo and from yourself. Thank you very much for these. I express my sincere thanks particularly to Prof. Das for taking interest in my recent experience on contact examination. You are requested to kindly communicate my response as follows through the LML.
The leprosy cases (i.e. 4 new cases in one family of 5 house holds) mentioned in the manuscript referred above have not been published any where. The cases, however, had been registered for MDT and included as new cases in the monthly report of the respective month submitted to the Asstt. Director of Health Services, Leprosy (Mumbai), the local Government authority for leprosy.
There was a time when leprosy was highly prevalent, we used to get families with multiple cases particularly in slums. However, now when the leprosy prevalence is drastically reduced to a level of elimination, the incidence of multiple cases in one family is very rare.
The intention of my communication on contact examination was mainly to sensitize and motivate all those who are working in the leprosy programme for undertaking proper contact examination if there are multiple child cases in the family. If this is added with simple smear examination, there are chances that the source case, if any, among adult house holds could be detected significantly early.
I do not think that there will be adequate number of families with multiple cases to take up any research project involving PGL-1 or other serological studies. I will be happy to meet Prof. Das in person when he will visit Mumbai and discuss with him the related issues. I will certainly communicate his regards to Dr Ganapathi.
Thanks and regards.
Dr W S Bhatki
Maharshtra Lokahita Seva Mandal,
Mumbai, India
Recommendation to examine household contacts of new leprosy cases
Leprosy Mailing List, July 7th, 2009
Ref.: Recommendation to examine household contacts of new leprosy cases. (see link below)
From: Soutar D, London, UK
Dear Dr Noto,
In reference to the note posted by Dr Bhakti (LML July 3rd, 2009) I should bring to the attention of readers that the Enhanced Global Strategy on Leprosy agreed on by WHO and its partners in Delhi in April 2009 specifically includes the recommendation to examine all household contacts of newly detected cases. (See below the link to the WHO release about the Enhanced Strategy).
This I believe represents a very positive step towards ensuring early detection, prevention of disability and ultimately curtailment of transmission.
Regards, Douglas Soutar
General Secretary
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations
Tel: 44 (0) 207 602 69 25 – Fax: 44 (0) 207 371 16 21
Website: www.ilep.org.uk
E-mail: doug.soutar(at)ilep.org.uk
Ref.: Recommendation to examine household contacts of new leprosy cases. (see link below)
From: Soutar D, London, UK
Dear Dr Noto,
In reference to the note posted by Dr Bhakti (LML July 3rd, 2009) I should bring to the attention of readers that the Enhanced Global Strategy on Leprosy agreed on by WHO and its partners in Delhi in April 2009 specifically includes the recommendation to examine all household contacts of newly detected cases. (See below the link to the WHO release about the Enhanced Strategy).
This I believe represents a very positive step towards ensuring early detection, prevention of disability and ultimately curtailment of transmission.
Regards, Douglas Soutar
General Secretary
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations
Tel: 44 (0) 207 602 69 25 – Fax: 44 (0) 207 371 16 21
Website: www.ilep.org.uk
E-mail: doug.soutar(at)ilep.org.uk
http://www.searo.who.int/EN/Section980/Section2572/Section2578_14961.htm
Leprosy eliminated? … A wake-up call from Liberia
Leprosy Mailing List, July 7th, 2009
Ref.: Leprosy eliminated? … A wake-up call from Liberia (see attachment)
From: Diefenhardt A., Koning P. de, Würzburg, Germany
Dear Salvatore,
We – Dr Pieter de Koning and me – would be very grateful, if you could kindly publish the following statement (see attachment) in the LML. We are just coming back from a visit from Liberia.
Thanks a lot.
Many greetings,
Dr Adolf Diefenhardt
Head of Medical Social Projects DAHW Würzburg
Ref.: Leprosy eliminated? … A wake-up call from Liberia (see attachment)
From: Diefenhardt A., Koning P. de, Würzburg, Germany
Dear Salvatore,
We – Dr Pieter de Koning and me – would be very grateful, if you could kindly publish the following statement (see attachment) in the LML. We are just coming back from a visit from Liberia.
Thanks a lot.
Many greetings,
Dr Adolf Diefenhardt
Head of Medical Social Projects DAHW Würzburg
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