Leprosy in the Philippine Islands

Report on a Visit to the Leper Island of Culion and on the Anti-Leprosy Work in the Philippine Islands

This anti-leprosy work which has been carried out in the Philippine Islands during the last 19 years is valuable not only for what it has done to stamp the disease out of these islands, but also for the stimulus which it has given to similar work in India and in other parts of the world. It was, therefore, with keen expectation that I looked forward to my visit to the leper island of Culion. 'T...

Leprosy in the Cape Verde Islands.

The Cape Verde Islands are located in the Atlantic Ocear. ) ' �45 km off the coast of Senegal . Ten islands and 5 islets, between 1 7° 1 2 ' 5 & 1 4° 1 8 ' N. an d 22°44' & 2 5 ° 2 2 ' W. , they are divided into 2 groups : Barlavento , North, 6 islan ds , and Sotavento , South , 4 islands . Total area is 4 . 0 3 3 km2 • Three of the islan ds , closer to the African continent , are sandy and fla...

Foot deformities in leprosy--a survey in the Solomon Islands.

Monsoon surges trigger oceanic eddy formation and propagation in the lee of the Philippine Islands

[1] Two winter monsoon surge events (northerly and easterly) of January 2005 are captured in a one-way coupled atmosphere (8 km resolution) and ocean (3 km resolution) simulation of the Philippines region. Intensified wind jets and wakes in the lee of Mindoro and Luzon Islands induce the generation and migration of a pair of counter-rotating oceanic eddies in the model, with propagation directi...

Sustainability of leprosy services in South Pacific Islands: the Kiribati experience.

A WHO workshop on the theme of sustainability of leprosy services in the Island States in the South Pacific was held in Fiji, from the 10th to the 12th May 2010. Among the countries invited to attend the workshop were the only three states in the WHO Western Pacific Region still above the point of elimination of leprosy, namely the FSM (Federated Sates of Micronesia), the Marshall Islands and K...