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Leprosy Mailing List –  April 28,  2025

 

Ref.:  (LML) WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Leprosy Bulletin NO. 126, April 2025

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.126 April 2025 "50 years of partnership for a leprosy-free world." In this issue, we feature: 

 

MESSAGE FROM THE AMBASSADOR
This year marks the 50th anniversary of cooperation between the World Health Organization (WHO) and The Nippon Foundation/Sasakawa Health Foundation (TNF/SHF). During this period, TNF/SHF has contributed more than 200 million US dollars, a modest amount in comparison to the contributions of member states and other organizations. Read More 

 

50th Anniversary of WHO–TNF/SHF Partnership
WHO Director-General reflects on 50 years of partnership with TNF/SHF

The following interview with Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, was conducted by email in April 2025. Read more

 

50th Anniversary of WHO–TNF/SHF Partnership
WHO Goodwill Ambassador and Chairman of The Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa looks back on 50 years of an unprecedented partnership

On Mar. 26, 2025, Dr. Takahiro Nanri, President of the Sasakawa Health Foundation (SHF), interviewed Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination and Chairman of The Nippon Foundation (TNF), about the 50 years of partnership between WHO and TNF/SHF. Read more 

 

VIEWPOINT
Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative puts persons affected by leprosy at the heart of what we do

Dr. Takahiro Nanri, President, Sasakawa Health Foundation

The Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative has been supporting persons affected by leprosy for over 30 years, since the 1990s. This support can be described in terms of three phases. Read more

 

REPORT

Capacity-building workshop for organizations of persons affected by leprosy held in Senegal
Papa Mamadou Diagne, President, Association Sénégalaise Contre la Lèpre et les Maladies Tropicales Négligées (ASCL/MTN)

From March 8 to 11, 2025, a capacity-building workshop organized with the support of the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative took place in Dakar, Senegal. Read more

 

REPORT
Mister Supranational 2024 reports on visit to Ethiopia

Contributed by Dr. Fezile Mkhize, winner of the Mister Supranational 2024 title, representing South Africa

As Mister Supranational 2024, I have an array of responsibilities that align with our organization's ethos – Inspirational and Aspirational – and it is with these words at the forefront of my mind that I traveled to the beautiful country of Ethiopia. Read more 

 

BACK ISSUES 

 

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

 

Takahiro NANRI, Ph.D.
President, 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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