A Global Impact
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A Global Impact

Reflections on the Work of Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO's Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination

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A Global Impact

Reflections on the Work of Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO's Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination

About this book


‘The leprosy epidemic is slowly but surely fading away,’ says WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The number of leprosy patients in the world was once in the millions, but new cases have declined to around 200,000 a year, thanks to the efforts of governments, the WHO, NGOs and organisations of persons affected by leprosy.

Amid this changing landscape, Yohei Sasakawa has led various initiatives as the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and as Chairman of The Nippon Foundation. Marking the twentieth anniversary of Mr Sasakawa’s appointment as a leprosy elimination ambassador, this book recalls the initiatives he has promoted and led, and analyses their value and effectiveness, with a view to identifying lessons to be learned.

The volume’s expert contributors focus on five themes promoted and driven forward by Mr Sasakawa: Eliminating Leprosy as a Public Health Problem; Leprosy as a Human Rights Issue; the Establishment of the Rights of Primary Stakeholders; Expanding the Range of Awareness- Raising Activities and Developing New Partners; and Leprosy Control in the Post-Elimination Era. In synthesising and assessing these efforts, A Global Impact offers an important contribution to the future elaboration of measures against leprosy, and infectious diseases generally.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. photos
  6. Contents
  7. List of Figures, Maps and Tables
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Foreword: Mr. Yohei Sasakawa’s 20th anniversary as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
  10. 1. Towards a Leprosy-Free World: The Pioneering Ac-tivities of Mr. Yohei Sasakawa: Shigeki Sakamoto
  11. 2. Elimination of Leprosy as a Public Health Problem: Derek Lobo
  12. 3. Leprosy as a Human Rights Issue: Takahiro Nanri
  13. 4. Towards the Establishment of the Rights of the Primary Stakeholders: Artur Custódio
  14. 5. Towards the Empowerment of Persons with Lived Experience of Leprosy: Takahiro Nanri
  15. 6. Why Public Awareness Must be Promoted: Role of the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination: Tatsuya Tanami
  16. 7. Leprosy Control in the Post-Elimination Era: Marcos Virmond
  17. Notes
  18. Back Cover