Results
In December 2020, the UN hosted its major disability rights conference (COSP13). At this conference, The Leprosy Mission and Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) hosted a side event that considered the challenges women affected by leprosy face in accessing their rights.
The International Leprosy Congress 2022 is taking place at the HITEX Exhibition Center, HICC Novotel, Hyderabad, India from 08-11 November. The Leprosy Mission will be present throughout the conference through presentations and at the exhibition centre.
TLM teams are making more than 50 presentations at ILC 2022. We have teams from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and England making contributing.
We believe we can end the transmission of the disease by 2035 and one of the crucial new tools to help us achieve this is PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis).
A look at our work to train leprosy-affected advocates who can speak on their own behalf