COR-NTD is the Coalition for Operational Research on NTDs, one of the programs of the Task Force for Global Health. This year COR-NTD has decided to host regional events instead of its usual large annual event in the USA. The […]

2 May 2024

The annual conference of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 19-21 September. There was strong representation from the leprosy world. More than 100 attendees had connections with leprosy organisations, including ILEP […]

2 Oct 2023

The WHO Global Leprosy Programme has published the Global Leprosy Update for 2022 in the Weekly Epidemiological Review and the Global Health Observatory. Because of the wealth of data presented, the annual Update is eagerly awaited by the leprosy community.  […]

2 Oct 2023

In a consultation event in Manila this month, World Health Organization released its new technical guidance Interruption of transmission and elimination of leprosy disease. This is the culmination of three years of work by a WHO task force which involved […]

28 Jul 2023

The UN Special Rapporteur on discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members, Alice Cruz, gave her final report to the Human Rights Council this month. The report is a fine reflection on the achievements of her mandate […]

30 Jun 2023

More than 800 people registered for the first WHO global meeting on skin NTDs (Geneva: 27-31 March). 50% listed leprosy as a disease interest, and many ILEP members were represented among the 300+ in-person participants. The number, quality and range […]

3 Apr 2023

WHO has published A compendium of indicators for monitoring and evaluating progress of the road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. The compendium provides a comprehensive set of indicators to track the global effort to control and eliminate NTDs by […]

28 Feb 2023