Nothing For Us, Without Us – Hansen ’s Disease-Affected Tell International Gathering
Jennifer Quimno of the Coalition of Leprosy Advocates of the Philippines (CLAP) (centre) is joined by Sri Lanka's Shagana Thiygalingam (L) and Amarasinghe Manjula (R) after Quimno delivered the recommendations presented by the Global Forum of People's Organisations on Hansen's Disease to the International Leprosy Congress in Manila on September 11. Credit: Ben Kritz/IPSBy Ben KritzMANILA, Sep 11 2019 (IPS) Stronger government action to fight stigma and discrimination, more government funding for health and non-health support programmes, and a larger role for people’s organisations in developing policy towards Hansen̵...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 11, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ben Kritz Tags: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Hansen’s Disease Hansen's disease N Source Type: news
The Emergence of a Global Voice for Hansen ’s Disease Affected Persons
Her experience and the chance "to help strengthen Colombia, the world, and my family" through participating in the Global Forum of People's Organisations on Hansen's Disease, sponsored by the Nippon Foundation and the Sasakawa Health Foundation, was like "rising from the ashes" for Lucrecia Vazques from Felehansen Colombia. Vazques' family was hit hard by leprosy, with not only herself, but her son and one-month-old granddaughter being afflicted. Credit: Ben Kritz/IPSBy Ben KritzMANILA, Sep 10 2019 (IPS) The Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Hansen’s Disease, which was attended by members of people’s organisa...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ben Kritz Tags: Active Citizens Asia-Pacific Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Regional Categories Sustainability TerraViva United Nations Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Hansen Source Type: news
‘ Join Me on this Journey ’ to Eliminate Leprosy – WHO Ambassador
By Stella PaulMANILA, Sep 10 2019 (IPS) Octogenarian Yohei Sasakawa has travelled to more than 90 countries across the globe; from areas of conflict, to the jungles of Brazil, shaking hands, hugging and washing the feet of Hansen’s disease-affected people. His message is simple: Stop stigmatisation and eliminate the disease.
Sasakawa, who has spent more than 40 years working towards elimination of Hansen’s disease, is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination and chairperson of The Nippon Foundation (TNF). Since 1975, TNF and its sister organisation, the Sasakawa Health Foundat...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 10, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stella Paul Tags: Asia-Pacific Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Multimedia Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Video Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Ha Source Type: news
Homeless people in the US are 'at risk of LEPROSY'
Dr Marc Siegel, of New York University's Langone Health, fears it is just a 'matter of time' before the bacterial disease strikes. He pointed to Los Angeles County as being particularly at risk. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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Awareness Should be the Priority in Public Health Efforts against Leprosy
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Africa: The Business of Social Enterprise
[IPS] Manila -Organisations supporting people affected by Hansen's disease (leprosy) have social rather than capitalist aims, but they need to take a business-minded approach to their work if they wish to be sustainable, experts at a global conference in Manila, Philippines said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Africa: First Global Forum of Leprosy-Affected People's Organisations Kicks Off in Manila
[IPS] Manila -Being part of a platform where leprosy-affected people from all over the world can freely interact, exchange and share opinions, ideas, experiences and strategies was always something Tasfaye Tadesse dreamt of. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Africa: Global Network Key to Strengthening Leprosy Organisations
[IPS] Manila -Organisations of people affected by Hansen's Disease or leprosy agree that a global network of volunteer groups is key to eradicating the disease, but concrete steps need to be taken to move the idea from an often-discussed concept to a reality. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Global Network Key to Strengthening Leprosy Organisations
Participants at the first Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease which began on Sept. 7 in Manila, Philippines, play a game to build better connectivity among themselves. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Ben KritzMANILA, Sep 7 2019 (IPS) Organisations of people affected by Hansen’s Disease or leprosy agree that a global network of volunteer groups is key to eradicating the disease, but concrete steps need to be taken to move the idea from an often-discussed concept to a reality.
“I don’t think anyone here is not convinced about the importance of a network,” Dr. Arturo Cunanan Medical Director of Cu...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ben Kritz Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Regional Categories Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Hansen’s Disease Nippon Foundation Sasakawa Health Foundation Yohe Source Type: news
First Global Forum of Leprosy-Affected People ’s Organisations Kicks off in Manila
At the first Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease, which begun on Sept. 7 in Manila, Philippines, participants present their ideas on entrepreneurship models to attain sustainability. Credit: Stella Paul/IPSBy Stella PaulMANILA, Sep 7 2019 (IPS) Being part of a platform where leprosy-affected people from all over the world can freely interact, exchange and share opinions, ideas, experiences and strategies was always something Tasfaye Tadesse dreamt of.
So this week, Tadesse packed his bags and travelled for 36 hours from his home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to reach the Philippine capital of Manila.
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stella Paul Tags: Active Citizens Africa Asia-Pacific Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Population Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Nippon Foundation Sasakawa Health Foundatio Source Type: news
Uniting for Zero Leprosy in Manila
By Sasakawa Health Foundation - The Nippon FoundationMANILA, PHILIPPINES, Sep 7 2019 (IPS-Partners) World Health Organization’s (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination and recipient of the 2019 Order of the Rising Sun as well as the 2018 Gandhi Peace Prize, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, is in the Philippines to call on academics, medical stakeholders and those affected by the disease to unite towards “Zero Leprosy”.
Mr. Sasakawa, chairperson of The Nippon Foundation (TNF) – one of Japan’s largest private organisations – is attending two key global conferences on the disease being held in Manila this w...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 7, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sasakawa Health Foundation - The Nippon Foundation Tags: Health Source Type: news
A Global Forum to Encourage Dialogue and Share Solutions
By Stella PaulHYDERABAD, India, Sep 6 2019 (IPS) Professor Takahiro Nanri is the executive director of the Sasakawa Health Foundation, co-organiser of the Global Forum of People’s Organisations on Hansen’s Disease, which will take place from Sept. 7 to 10 in the Philippines.
A 4-day event, the forum will be the first of its kind to bring together grassroot organisations that are of, by and for the people affected by leprosy across the world.
On the eve of the forum, IPS correspondent Stella Paul spoke with Nanri who shared in brief the rationale of the event and some of the expected outcomes.
The forum, he said, is ent...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 6, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stella Paul Tags: Active Citizens Asia-Pacific Civil Society Conferences Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Multimedia Regional Categories TerraViva United Nations Video Global Forum of People’s O Source Type: news
Leprosy drug to treat cancer? Doctors hunt for new uses of old medicines
CDRI in Lucknow, scientists recently found that certain leprosy drugs might help treat myeloma, a type of blood cancer. (Source: The Economic Times)
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World Health Organisation ’s New Effort Can Help End Neglected Tropical Diseases
In the Solomon Islands, approximately 40 percent of the population of 550,000 could have active Trachoma. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS.By Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Aug 19 2019 (IPS) Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched global consultations for a new Roadmap on how to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The roadmap would help achieve universal health coverage by 2030, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations.
This intervention is unprecedented because it could begin to reverse the neglect and inequities that the 17 main NTDs bring. Many NTDs are debilitating and reduce the qual...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Development & Aid Global Headlines Health Source Type: news
The Long Struggle Against the Stigma Surrounding Hansen ’ s Disease
Yohei Sasakawa By Mario OsavaBRASILIA, Jul 16 2019 (IPS) At the age of 80, Yohei Sasakawa continues to travel around the world to promote solutions for some of the challenges facing humanity, such as Hansen’s Disease or leprosy, wars and disabilities, factors of stigma and exclusion.
Engaging in dialogue with world leaders and with those affected by Hansen’s Disease, who are generally poor, is his way of mobilising local efforts, with the financial and technical support offered by the 23 organisations that network with the Nippon Foundation, whose board of directors has been chaired by Sasakawa since 2005, after hi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 16, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mario Osava Tags: Civil Society Development & Aid Health Human Rights Latin America & the Caribbean Multimedia Regional Categories Video Hansen's disease leprosy Yohei Sasakawa Source Type: news
