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Leprosy Mailing List – January 28,  2022

 

Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 107, January 2022

From:  Takahiro Nanri, Tokyo, Japan

 

Dear Dr. Schreuder and Friends,  

Warm greetings from Sasakawa Health Foundation/Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative in Tokyo. We have issued WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 107 January 2022 "Don't forget leprosy" on World Leprosy Day today. In this issue, we feature:

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR

In August 2021, I launched an awareness campaign called "Don't forget leprosy." The slogan is meant to be a reminder that persons affected by leprosy and their families continue to experience stigma and discrimination, Read More

INTERVIEW - Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank

Change the system rather than looking for solutions within the system

Based on the idea that "the poor themselves can create a poverty-free world" as long as we "free them from the chains that we have put around them," Professor Muhammad Yunus developed a system of "microcredit" that gives very small collateral-free business loans to society's poorest people.  Read more

SPOTLIGHT
Entrepreneurial success in Bangladesh

Maksuda Khatun's life story exemplifies what can happen when an individual is given just enough financial or material support to start a business. At the age of 18, Maksuda noticed a white patch on her hand. Read more

INITIATIVE NEWS
 "Don't forget leprosy" campaign update

World Leprosy Day has been observed annually on the last Sunday of January since 1954. The purpose of this day is to increase public awareness of leprosy (Hansen's disease). Read more

INITIATIVE NEWS
A month of activity for Global Appeal 2022

Initiated by the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination in 2006, the annual Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy takes place annually in January in conjunction with World Leprosy Day. Read more

PEPORT- Five members of Morhan's Women's Policy Department (DPW-Morhan)

We need to hear what girls and women affected by Hansen's disease have to say

Women and girls have been part of the Movement for the Reintegration of Persons Affected by Hansen's Disease (Morhan) since its foundation in 1981 in Brazil. Read more

INITIATIVE NEWS
Three regional meetings held in preparation for first Global Youth Forum

The Nippon Foundation and Sasakawa Health Foundation, now working together as the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, have been supporting the empowerment of persons who have experienced leprosy for nearly 30 years.  Read more

WISH LIST - Maksuda Khatun, Treasurer, Sirajganj District Leprosy and Disability Federation, Sirajganj, Bangladesh and Dr. Michael Chen, Secretary General, HANDA Rehabilitation & Welfare Association, China.

With World Leprosy Day approaching, the Leprosy Bulletin asked two people involved in "Don't forget leprosy" activities for three wishes related to how they would like the world to change for persons affected by leprosy.  Read more

BACK ISSUES 

We hope that you would enjoy reading the latest Leprosy Bulletin.

Takahiro NANRI, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Sasakawa Health Foundation

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Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative
Sasakawa Health Foundation
Tel：81-3-6229-5377, Fax：81-33-6229-5388
email: hansen@shf.or.jp
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