Leprosy Mailing List Blog: (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter No.69, August 2014

Leprosy Mailing List – August 25, 2014

Ref.: (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter No.69, August 2014

From: Hiroe Soyagimi, Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation, Japan

Dear Dr. Schreuder and Friends,

We have corrected a miscalculation in the e-mail sent to you previously.

Please refer to slight word change hilighted in red below.

With best regards,

Sasakawa Memorial Foundation

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.69, August 2014" to our website.

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

In this issue we feature articles about ...

Message from the Goodwill Ambassador- Compassionate Concern

Report-Case-finding in Brazil - Results from targeted leprosy surveillance in the Amazon region indicate the task at hand

Speech-Why This Museum Matters - Culion resident underlines why preserving the past is a source of strength for the future

Viewpoint-The Pope and “Leprosy” - Why does this champion of the marginalized favor an unfortunate metaphor?

Ambassador's Journal-Visit to Mayanchaung - The Goodwill Ambassador calls at a leprosy resettlement village in Myanmar

News-Culion’s Place in History - Philippine island’s past as leprosy colony recognized with official historical marker

We hope you enjoy our latest Newsletter!

Hiroe Soyagimi

Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation

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Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation

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

Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan

LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder

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