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January 2007
American Leprosy Missions (ALM) Honors Greenville Steering Committee: Monumental Progress Made in Leprosy Vaccine Research

Centennial Steering Committee Members Pictured Left to Right: Richard Goodwin, Ben Keys, Dick Florence, Jenell Vassy, Starla Taylor, and Christopher J. Doyle, ALM President. Not Pictured: Dale Gilbert, Walter Hinton, Sam Lee, Jeff Swiger, Joel Vanderwood.
Centennial Steering Committee Members

(Greenville, SC.-January 23, 2007). American Leprosy Missions (ALM) honored the members of its Greenville Steering Committee for the Centennial Vaccine Campaign during a luncheon held on Monday, January 22. The dedicated members of the committee served faithfully raising a total of $483,000 toward vaccine research.

Monday’s luncheon marked the conclusion of a three-year campaign and included a conference call with the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) located in Seattle, Washington.

ALM’s partnership with IDRI has been ground-breaking. IDRI currently expects to begin manufacturing the world’s first leprosy vaccine in 2008.

Established in 1906, American Leprosy Missions is the oldest and largest non-profit organization in the United States providing cure and care to people affected by leprosy.

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