June 27, 2024
On World Leprosy Day 2023, a discussion meeting, a standing rally and a prize distribution ceremony were held in Khulna under the slogan “Act Now End Leprosy’’ On Sunday morning at 8.30 AM, the rally came out in front of the 250-bed General hospital and a discussion meeting was held after the standing rally. The
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In 2022, World Leprosy Day is Sunday 29 January. World Leprosy Day always takes place on the last Sunday of January. This date was chosen by French humanitarian, Raoul Follereau as a tribute to the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who did much work with persons affected by leprosy and died at the end of January
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The eradication of leprosy is needed to take into serious consideration for the interest of Bangladesh as it poses a huge economic setback on the nation. Speakers came up with this statement during a day-long event jointly organised by the National Leprosy Programme (NLP) and partner NGOs, said a media statement issued on Friday. Sasakawa
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The main objectives of the program are-H To engage local government in leprosy-related activitiesTo distribute assistance aid to leprosy-affected individuals.Distributing information about leprosy to the audience leprosy community, civil society and among guests specially the state minister. The organizer of the event: The event was jointly organized by National Leprosy Program(NLP), SHALOM Church of Bangladesh
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The award of the fourth annual NTD Innovation Prize was a highlight during the closing session of the NNN Conference. American Leprosy Missions, in partnership with Novartis, awarded the $40,000 Prize to Jiptha Boirajee of The Leprosy Mission Bangladesh, for a project that will scale up digitally-based care for leprosy complications across 20 districts in
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The annual conference of the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) was held from 13-15 September in a hybrid format: face-to-face in Kathmandu, Nepal, and online. The Leprosy Mission Nepal was the official host of the Conference. There was strong representation from the leprosy world. More than one-third of the attendees had connections with leprosy
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ALO-Society made a video for the Global Appeal of Sasakawa Health Foundation from Bangladesh. To support the global campaign “Don’t forget leprosy,” Mohammad Roknuzzaman Rokon, 26 years old, a leprosy-affected person shared his story on an international platform. For this Global Appeal, the world’s philanthropic organizations in promoting the Appeal’s call for social inclusion and
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28 January 2022 Chairman of ALO-Society Md. Kamal Uddin participated in a Talk Show about “Status of Leprosy affected Persons’’ on a popular satellite Ekushey TV. Where he talked about his life experience as a leprosy-affected person and his engagement with the service of leprosy-affected people. This talk show was participated by a government representative
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My story is filled with trauma, pain and depression. Yet it is also filled with happiness and success.” “I suffered social exclusion, stigma and discrimination. It was harrowing. I went into depression and lost the will to liv At the age of 24, Rachna Kumari was diagnosed with one of the world’s most stigmatised diseases,
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