The annual conference of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) has just finished in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Once again, there was strong representation from the leprosy world including from ILEP members, seven of which contributed to sponsorship of the […]

6 Oct 2024

Commentary: Dr Paul Saunderson The WHO Global Leprosy Programme has published the Global Leprosy Update for 2023, available on the WHO website. The report focuses on the new Leprosy Elimination Framework, published during 2023. The Framework consists of three distinct […]

6 Oct 2024

In June, Beatriz Miranda Galarza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease) and their family members, presented her first report to the UN Human Rights Council. The report describes the impact […]

1 Aug 2024

ILEP member The Leprosy Mission (TLM) attended the United Nations’ 17th Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) this month. The COSP presents an opportunity to speak about the rights of […]

30 Jun 2024

The ILEP Secretariat was in Geneva during the seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, held in the last week of May. The Assembly is the peak event for WHO each year. Big-picture outcomes this year were the adoption of WHO’s strategy or […]

6 Jun 2024

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