ILEP is pleased to announce its new strategy for 2021-2025. The strategy was developed through consultation in early 2021 with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. This was followed by a steady process of determining priorities and the […]

20 Dec 2021

The ILEP Technical Commission (ITC) has produced a commentary on the recently published Global Leprosy Update for 2020. (WHO, Weekly Epidemiological Record, 2021; 96: 421-444). The authors are Paul Saunderson (ITC), Joseph Chukwu (ITC) and Tom Hambridge (Dept of Public […]

29 Sep 2021

In October, UN Special Rapporteur Alice Cruz makes her first report to the UN General Assembly. Her topic is the laws, regulations and norms that continue to dehumanise persons affected by leprosy and their family members. She has also produced […]

29 Sep 2021

‘What gets measured gets done’. The recently published Monitoring and evaluation framework is another of the companion documents that goes alongside the new WHO 2021-2030 NTDs Roadmap. It is written not only for countries but also for implementing partners, like […]

30 Aug 2021

The overall goal of the WHO Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 is the elimination of leprosy, which the strategy defines as ‘interruption of transmission/absence of disease’. This is a significant change. Earlier, the overall WHO goal was ‘elimination of leprosy as […]

29 Jul 2021

In June 2020 the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members was extended for a further term, and we are delighted that Alice Cruz has continued in the […]

1 Jul 2021

What it is The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is the mechanism by which the UN Human Rights Council assesses the human rights record of every UN member country, over a five-year cycle. The purpose is to improve the human rights […]

27 May 2021