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Advocacy News: The voices of women affected by leprosy have been heard in new and exciting ways

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.

International Leprosy Congress 2022

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.

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The Leprosy Mission's CRPD Conference Side Event 2024

At COSP17 The Leprosy Mission is hosting a side event on the right to work and employment for persons with disability in low and middle income countries

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The Leprosy Mission at the UN's CRPD Conference 2025

The Leprosy Mission is attending the UN's 18th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the UN's major disability rights conference. This is how we will be contributing.

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The Leprosy Mission at the CRPD Conference 2024

The Leprosy Mission will be attending COSP17 to represent the voices of persons affected by leprosy and persons affected by NTDs within this crucial disability rights context

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The Leprosy Mission announces Wellesley Bailey Award Winners 2024

These are the winners of the Wellesley Bailey Awards 2024

The Leprosy Mission's ILC 2022 Oral Presentation Timetable

TLM teams are making more than 50 presentations at ILC 2022. We have teams from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and England making contributing.

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A new tool that will help us defeat leprosy by 2035

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).