WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter No.62, June 2013

 

Leprosy Mailing List – June 30,  2013 

 

Ref.:    (LML)  WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter No.62, June 2013

From:  Hiroe Soyagimi, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

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Dear Dr. Schreuder and Friends,

 

 

Warm greetings from Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation in Tokyo.We have uploaded our latest edition of "WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter No.62, June 2013" to our website. 

 

Please visit  http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/ambassador/index.html to obtain electronic version of this issue. 

We features in this issue...

Meetings with Ministers - Health ministers and their representatives pledge ongoing commitment.

Begging for Education - A story of discrimination in India, and determined efforts to overcome it. 

Science's Helping Hand - DNA testing in Brazil is reuniting people separated by a diagnosis of leprosy.

Geneva at the Double - The Goodwill Ambassador visits Geneva twice in May, laying the groundwork for Global Appeal 2014 and attending the 66th World Health Assembly.

Kalaupapa - A Collective Memory - Extensively researched story of Kalaupapa wins Hawaii  Book of the Year Award.

 

We hope you enjoy our latest Newsletter!

 

Hiroe Soyagimi

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Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation

Nippon Zaidan Bldg., 1-2-2, Akasaka

Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan

 

TEL: +81-3-6229-5377

FAX: +81-3-6229-5388

Our websight: http://www.smhf.or.jp/e/

Our blog: http://blog.canpan.info/hansenbyo/

 

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