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A Global Impact: Reflections on the Work of Yohei Sasakawa, the Who's Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination

A Global Impact: Reflections on the Work of Yohei Sasakawa, the Who's Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination

Sakamoto, Shigeki
Nanri, Takahiro
Ghebreyesus, Tedros Adhanom

Hardcover

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 1805261290
ISBN13: 9781805261292
Publisher: Hurst & Co
Published: Feb 1 2024
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.70 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The leprosy epidemic is slowly but surely fading away, says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The number of leprosy patients in the world once numbered in the millions, but new cases have declined to around 200,000 a year, thanks to the efforts of governments, the WHO, NGOs and organizations of persons affected by leprosy.

Amid this changing landscape, Yohei Sasakawa has led various initiatives as the World Health Organization's Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and as Chairman of The Nippon Foundation. Marking the twentieth anniversary of Mr Sasakawa's appointment as a leprosy elimination ambassador, this book recalls the initiatives he has promoted and led, and analyses their value and effectiveness, with a view to identifying lessons to be learned.

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