news and media: news archives 2006
February 7, 2006
World leaders call for end to leprosy stigma
On World Leprosy Day (Jan. 29th), on the same day that the Government of India announced that it had reached its overall elimination target of a prevalence of less than 1 per 10,000 per total population,
Mr Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, presented a Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy, in New Delhi, India. Click here to view the Global Appeal (PDF)
