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Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 108, March 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. 108 March 2022 Initiative in Asia today. In this issue, we feature:

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is an ancient infectious disease that has challenged humanity across all national, philosophical, racial, and religious borders. With the universality of leprosy's challenges in mind, I visited the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva for the first of many times in 2003... Read More

INTERVIEW 
Laws should reflect the values of society  - Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Member of Parliament (MP), Bangladesh/ Honorary President, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

Saber Hossain Chowdhury is an incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) in Bangladesh. From 2014 to 2017, he was President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which aims to promote peace, democracy, and sustainable development around the world.  Read more

VIEWPOINT 
Reflections on 16 years of APAL - G. Venu Gopal, CEO, Association of People Affected by Leprosy (APAL)

Association of People Affected by Leprosy (APAL) is a national organization in India with a community-based network spread across 16 states and covering 800 colonies. APAL's plan and main aims are to make sure that persons affected by leprosy and their families become very strong economically and socially, Read more

LETTER 
Current status of persons affected by leprosy in Nepal  - Amar Bahadur Timalsina, Executive Director, IDEA Nepal

I am attempting to use words to give you a picture of the conditions of persons affected by leprosy in Nepal. Not surprisingly, I wish to show both the achievements of the last 10 years and newly emerging challenges. Read more

INITIATIVE NEWS
"Don't forget leprosy" campaign boosts messaging in the weeks around World Leprosy Day 

Diversion of resources, movement restrictions, and other measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted leprosy services and increased burdens on already vulnerable persons affected by leprosy.  Read more

WISH LIST 
Kerstin Beise, Chair, Yayasan Dedikasi Tjipta Indonesia (YDTI)

For each issue, the Leprosy Bulletin asks a person affected by leprosy or an individual involved in leprosy-related work for two to three things that they wish could happen. Originally from Germany, Kerstin Beise has been living in Indonesia since 1998...  Read more

SPOTLIGHT
Yayasan Dedikasi Tjipta Indonesia (YDTI)

YDTI is a non-governmental organization founded by Kerstin Beise that started out in 2016 as a representative office of a Netherlands-based consultancy cooperative called Dare This.  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
website: https://sasakawaleprosyinitiative.org/,  https://www.shf.or.jp
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LML - S Deepak, B Naafs, S Noto and P Schreuder

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Contact: Dr Pieter Schreuder << editorlml@gmail.com

 

 

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