Leprosy Mailing List – January 25, 2020
Ref.: (LML) Excellent public education by young professional & cured person
From: Joel Almeida, London and Mumbai
Dear Pieter,
There is an excellent public education message online from India (in Marathi):
The young doctor demonstrates good expertise and communicates clearly. Everything is clearly explained including the subtle signs of LL HD. The message is rightly full of optimism and hope that the spread of HD can be ended. We can be confident that India will match the achievement of Shandong (China) if we respect and give elbow room to such local expertise. Many such professionals are fully in touch with scientific knowledge and local realities. They are well placed to lead the effort to transform outcomes.
The young doctor is followed by an 80 year old cured person, who describes their experiences dating from their diagnosis 60 years ago and urges people with signs of HD: "Don't be afraid. You can be cured."
Indian professional associations (Indian Association of Leprologists, Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists), the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), the research institutes and medical colleges in India are doing an increasingly successful job of training and inspiring young people to apply their talents to ending the spread of HD. As such well-informed messages of hope spread, a broad national movement to end the spread of HD grows. Gifted young people increasingly come to view the effort against HD as a noble struggle for freedom. Freedom from HD, in this case. This is an important way in which young people can be encouraged to apply for unfilled posts in the NLEP.
As long as we respect local expertise and unleash its power, we are likely to succeed in ending the spread of HD. As long as we respect formerly treated persons, we are likely to end fear of HD. Shandong demonstrated the importance of not disabling local expertise, but enabling it. We can do the same, and succeed.
Joel Almeida
LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder
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