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As the annual Leprosy Day falls on the final Sunday in January, this year the world celebrated the day of remembrance for all those who have been marginalised and stigmatised due to the disease on the 29th day or 2017.

Shared is a collection of news articles published from around the world, commemorating a day which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says is a tribute to the tireless efforts taken to tackle the diseases by the countries preeminent founding father Mahatma Gandhi.

 

1. Anti-Leprosy Day: PM Narendra Modi says National Leprosy Eradication Programme is a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi (www.financialexpress.com) 

2. 'Anti-Leprosy Day: Sparsh Leprosy Awareness drive on Jan 30' (www.indianexpress.com)

3. In Nigeria 'World Leprosy Day: Minister worries over new cases, stigmatisation of victims'  (www.guardian.ng)

4. In Myanmar 'Leprosy Day calls attention to forgotten patients' - https://goo.gl/GWmuXf (www.mmtimes.com)

5. According to the Pan American Health Organization, solution to the continent lies in 'World Leprosy Day: Proactive Detection and Early Diagnosis Essential for Achieving Zero Disability in Children' (http://www.paho.org)

6. According to the Vatican's 'Cardinal Turkson: Leprosy victims need welcome, solidarity and justice' - (http://en.radiovaticana.va/)

7. In Nepal 'Stigma associated with disease still haunts' ( www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com)

8. And Finally some great news 'New leprosy cases in Brazil drop 34 percent' -  (www.outbreaknewstoday.com/)

 

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For information on the latest efforts to combat leprosy, check out the latest developments here.

For updates from the World Health Organization see here.

 

An overseas training programme on Leprosy control was provided for a batch of 15 PHIs, 3 each from the 5 programme districts. The training programme was held from the 6th – 17th June 2016 and was conducted at the Training Unit, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, Naini, India. 

 

FAIRMED FOUNDATION is working with the Anti Leprosy Campaign, Ministry of Health in implementing the Leprosy Post Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) project as the ILEP partner for Sri Lanka.

 

An overseas training programme on Leprosy was provided for a batch of 15 PHIs. The team of PHIs was selected from the districts with three PHIs each being chosen from the Ampara, Gampaha, Hambantota, Colombo and Puttalam districts. The training programme was held from the 14th September to the 1st October 2015 and was conducted at the Training Unit, The Leprosy Mission Hospital, Naini, India.

 

FAIRMED FOUNDATION donated a 14 seater vehicle to the Anti Leprosy Campaign in May 2015.