Experts and advisors associated with several ILEP members contributed to this newly released publication. It provides guidance on how to implement contact screening and chemoprophylaxis with single-dose rifampicin. The contents are logically ordered: counselling and obtaining consent, identification and listing […]
Leprosy-like lesions were recently reported, and confirmed by laboratory analysis, in two populations of wild chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau and Côte d’Ivoire. Whole-genome sequencing revealed that the chimpanzees are infected by different M. leprae strains: the genotype 2F in Côte d’Ivoire, and the […]
Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021-2030 was adopted by the World Health Assembly in November 2020. It had been drafted through an extensive global consultation that began in 2018. WHO […]
‘Rare diseases’ are ones not often seen by doctors, therefore not diagnosed and not properly treated. They affect around 400 million people worldwide. 400 diseases represent 98% of these cases, with a further 5,600 diseases making up the other 2%. […]
This global action plan was initiated by Germany and Norway but founded by a cluster of multilateral agencies, focused on implementation of SDG-3. See the full document or the summary for more information. Primary driver: the sharp bend in the […]
Philippines described the experience of the enactment of a UHC law, learning from countries like Japan and Thailand that had achieved UHC earlier. Now engaged in the more detailed implementation planning and this includes anticipating and responding to obstacles. Estonia […]
There is encouraging progress in implementing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) were given: Kenya, India, Greece, South Africa, the Philippines, El Salvador and Egypt. UHC is the crucial element in WHO’s ‘triple billion’ strategy. UHC cannot be achieved without strong primary […]
A reminder that we have three surveys out to collect membership information. WWW survey: We need your help in updating the interactive map on the ILEP website, which provides information on the different ILEP Members, what they are working on (projects) […]
United Nations activity in Geneva this month has been dominated by the World Health Assembly where there has been a strong focus on universal health coverage (UHC). We provide summary reports in this Update on sessions that may interest ILEP members. […]
ILEP and its Members participated in two significant United Nations events in June. At the United Nations HQ in New York, a team from TLMI advocated for human rights in leprosy at the Conference of State Parties of the CRPD, […]
New publications, Africa Region conference and a heatwave in Europe! Temperatures in the upper 30s are uncommon in Switzerland, so we have been either enjoying, or bearing, the heat in recent weeks. ILEP’s new office has no air conditioning but […]
Leprosy is increasingly part of the CRPD Committee’s normal work and dialogue. During August and September, the CRPD Committee (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) has its second set of meetings for 2019. During the year, the Committee […]
During September, ILEP and many people from its Member associations and partners have been engaged in important meetings in Manila and Liverpool. In this Update you can read reflections from the Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease (Manila), […]
In this bulletin we celebrate the launch of the Infolep and InfoNTD websites – invaluable resources for the leprosy and NTD communities. For readers interested in the leprosy sections of the WHO NTD Roadmap we share near-final extracts. There is also information […]
January is always a crucial month in the leprosy world, because of World Leprosy Day. I am sure we have all been impressed with the amount of social media activity in the past two months (find the ILEP social media […]
Greetings from the ILEP office in Geneva, where we are gearing up for the ILEP conference and other meetings in Brentford in mid-March. Thanks in advance to The Leprosy Mission for hosting these events. This Update includes more information on […]
As many readers are aware, the three-day ILEP Conference, planned for the third week of March, was cancelled due to the impact of COVID-19 round the world. The ILEP Conference planned for March 2020 was really two conferences in one. […]
It seems that every conversation starts with COVID-19 and checking ‘how are you’. I’m now in New Zealand and am impressed with the Prime Minister’s call for kindness, alongside good preventive behaviour. It feels like a relevant message to us […]
This month Dr Paul Saunderson presents a summary of highlights and key learnings from the International Leprosy Congress, compiled with input from ITC Members. We also feature some external publications relevant to ILEP Members. The Bologna Declaration on assistive technology […]