Leprosy

Programme Manager: Cape

Closing date: Friday, 2nd March 2007

The Leprosy Mission, an evangelical Christian mission, in partnership with provincial health departments, cares for 3 000 people affected by leprosy throughout South Africa.

UN health agency extends partnership for the eradication of leprosy

Continuing their effort to eliminate the age-old stigma of leprosy, the United Nations health agency and a major pharmaceutical company signed an agreement today to extend, until 2010, their joint programme of free medicine that has led to the cure of about 4 million patients around the globe since the year 2000.

African Leprosy Congress

The International Leprosy Association is planning a regional African Leprosy Congress at Midrand north of Johannesburg, South Africa.