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NNN Conference 2024

 6 Oct 2024

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 […]

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Global leprosy (Hansen disease) update 2023: Elimination of leprosy disease is possible – Time to act!

 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 […]

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UN Special Rapporteur’s vision

 1 Aug 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 […]

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CRPD Conference of State Parties

 30 Jun 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 […]

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77th World Health Assembly

 6 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 […]

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming events

  • International Conference on NTD Research in Africa

    20-22 January 2025 | Kigali, Rwanda Visit site →

  • Africa Zero Leprosy Conference

    5-7 March 2025 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Visit site →

  • ILEP Members’ Assembly

    12-14 March 2025 | Virtual Visit site →

  • 2nd WHO Global Meeting on Skin NTDs

    24-26 March 2025 | Geneva, Switzerland Visit site →

  • IDDC General Assembly

    26-28 March 2025 | Berlin, Germany Visit site →

  • Global Disability Summit Civil Society Forum

    1 April 2025 | Berlin, Germany Visit site →

  • Global Disability Summit 2025

    2-3 April 2025 | Berlin, Germany Visit site →

  • 2024 Annual Meeting of National NTD Program Managers (ESPEN, WHO Africa region)

    7-11 April 2025 | To Be Advised Visit site →

  • Conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2025

    May 2025 | Windhoek, Namibia and virtual Visit site →

  • 3rd Global Forum of people’s organizations on Hansen’s disease

    4-6 July 2025 | Bali, Indonesia Visit site →

  • 22nd International Leprosy Congress

    7-9 July 2025 | Bali, Indonesia Visit site →

  • Meetings of ILEP Technical Commission and ILEP Advisory Panel

    10-11 July 2025 | Bali, Indonesia Visit site →

  • ILEP Members’ Assembly

    7-9 October 2025 | Paris, France Visit site →
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