19th International Leprosy Congress: Welcome Note

19th International Leprosy Congress: the Plenary Sessions

The 19th International Leprosy Congress was held in Beijing, China during September 2016. The theme of the Congress was the ‘unfinished business’ for leprosy of stopping transmission, preventing disability and promoting inclusion. The Congress had many important sessions and included 4 Plenary Sessions focusing on the critical challenges facing leprosy today. The content and the key issues of t...

Highlights from the 17th International Leprosy Congress.

The Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) opened 2 years ago and provided excellent facilities for more than 1500 ILC delegates, representing more than 50 countries, who attended the 17 ILC. Delegates received a substantial conference pack including a multilingual CD ROM of ILEP Technical Publications. A free copy of the December 2007 issue of Leprosy Review was also available from t...

Welcome note International Foundation of Integrated Care

In most countries in the world the effective integration of health and social care has remained either an unfulfilled dream or an unrealistic ambition. This conference, that brings together leading-edge case examples of how this has been achieved, will undoubtedly show that local leadership, vision and commitment can overcome the many obstacles to integrated care. It is apt that the Republic of...

Proposed International Congress for the Suppression of Leprosy

Paris, 26th December 1895. DeaK Dr. Ashmead.?A few days ago I sent to your address a number of the Bulletin Medical of this city containing my last publication on leprosy. To day I send you my little book on Lepre a Madere. You will see that the prophylaxis of this foul disease occupies my mind very much. However, to come to a decision on the best mode of exterminating the endemic, and to prese...

19th International Congress on Rural Health & 4th International Conference Ragusa SHWA 2015 Lodi, Italy