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Roundtable on mental health, wellbeing and person-centred approaches

 4 Feb 2025

This Roundtable, hosted by Africa CDC in partnership with Anesvad Foundation, CBM Global and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, was held on 24 January in Kigali, Rwanda directly after the International Conference on NTD Research. Thank you to Maneesh Philip […]

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International Conference on NTD Research

 4 Feb 2025

This month, COR-NTD and the African Research Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (ARNTD) hosted the second International Conference on NTD Research (InCORNTD) in Kigali, Rwanda in collaboration with the Ministry of Health. Over 500 researchers, academics, and policymakers met during […]

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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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Upcoming Events

Upcoming events

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

    15-17 April 2025 | Lomé, Togo Visit site →

  • Conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases 2025

    16 May 2025 | Windhoek, Namibia and virtual Visit site →

  • Africa Zero Leprosy Conference

    18-20 June 2025 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Visit site →

  • Meetings of the ILEP Advisory Panel

    2-3 July 2025 | Bali, Indonesia 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

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

  • NNN Conference 2025

    1-3 October 2025 | Kampala, Uganda Visit site →

  • ILEP Members’ Assembly

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

  • 2nd International Conference on Tropical Dermatology

    11-13 March 2026 | Colombo, Sri Lanka Visit site →
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