Fw: Ref.: (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 109, May 2022

 

 
Leprosy Mailing List �C June 5,  2022

 

Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 109, May 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. 109 May 2022 Initiatives in Africa and South America. In this issue, we feature: 

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
Nine months have passed since the "Don't forget leprosy" campaign was launched in August 2021 to coincide with my 20th anniversary as WHO Goodwill Ambassador. Thanks to the efforts of many people, these nine months have included production of six webinars, five videos, and requests to the governments of 55 countries for their cooperation.  Read More 

AMBASSADOR'S JOURNAL
WHO Goodwill Ambassador Yohei Sasakawa attended the 75th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, where he met with health ministers from around the world and urged them to work actively to combat leprosy. Read more 

INTERVIEW
UN Special Rapporteur Alice Cruz resumes country visits, starting with Angola - Alice Cruz, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the elimination of Alice Cruz has held the mandate for UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members since it was first established by the Human Rights Council in 2017. Her first official visit to Angola took place April 28-May 10, 2022. Read more 

VIEWPOINT
Somalia is accelerating efforts to eliminate leprosy - Dr. Venkata Ranganadha Rao Pemmaraju, Acting Team Leader, Global Leprosy Programme World Health Organization (WHO)
Somalia, located in the horn of Africa and an important commercial center in antiquity, has an estimated population of 16.5 million people (2021). Agropastoralism remains the most common lifestyle, along with some nomadic livestock herding. Read more 

REPORT
Building back better: Brazilian pandemic-era innovations for increasing early diagnosis and treatment - Dr. Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira Director, The pandemic years 2020 and 2021 brought additional challenges for Brazil's national Hansen's disease program. The restrictions imposed in response to COVID-19 during this period had a considerable impact on active search for cases and their family contacts by health care services. Read more 

NEXT GENERATION
Morhan's Intergenerational Department encourages youth to represent themselves - Marcos Vinicius Costa Santos, Coordinator, Intergenerational Department National Morhan
The participation of young people in society is of paramount importance. Their participation is a tool for collective and democratic transformation, and they are the ones who must represent themselves when policies are being made.  Read more

WISH LIST
Lucrecia Vásquez Acevedo, Legal Representative and President, Felehansen
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. We ask contributors to be bold in order to stimulate thinking and inspire new approaches.  Read more 

LETTER
Empowering ourselves through Felehansen
In 2014, a group of persons affected by leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Colombia created what is now called Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Afectadas por Lepra �C Hansen (Felehansen). Our group brings together hundreds of people from around the country.  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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