Lepra signs MoU with Rotary Club of Dhaka PathFinders and Rotary Club of Banani Model Town
21 December 2021
We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rotary Club of Dhaka PathFinders and Rotary Club of Banani Model Town, both members of the Rotary Global Network, an organisation that has over 46,000 clubs across the world.
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Obituary of Ashim Chowla
13 December 2021
The 4 December 2021 was a shocking day for all of us at Lepra. Ashim Chowla, the ex-Chief Executive of LEPRA Society in India passed away. Every one of us who had the privilege of working with and knowing Ashim, are still in a shock and are yet to come to terms with the sad reality.
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Lepra has appointed Jimmy Innes as its new CEO
1 December 2021
Lepra has appointed Jimmy Innes as its new CEO, effective 10 January 2022. He succeeds Geoff Prescott who has steered the 97-year-old charity since 2017.
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The Obituary of Professor Indira Nath
22 November 2021
In an interview for Science Reporter magazine in 2016, Professor Indira Nath described the moment she ‘felt the calling’ to medical research, at the mere age of only ten years old. Even then, she knew that she wanted to make a long-lasting impact rather than a transient one. Having this clarity at such a young age is incredibly rare and this shows how remarkable she was.
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National Philanthropy Day: celebrating Lepra 1920s to 1940s.
19 November 2021
As we move towards Giving Tuesday; an opportunity to unite and support good causes globally, November offers us another chance to reflect upon the importance of working together for the common good; National Philanthropy Day. Following on from yesterday’s focus on our current partner, Pavers; we look back at the role philanthropy played in the past.
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Lepra News Winter 2021
18 November 2021
The latest edition of Lepra News is now available!
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Footwear: Stepping from the past to the present
26 October 2021
Throughout our history we have recognised the importance of footwear and have worked at the forefront of its development. Today we invite you to look back at some of the shoes which were being made in Lepra’s past, and how experimenting with different styles and materials helped in the advancement of footwear.
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Lepra responds to the latest Global Leprosy Strategy
25 October 2021
Following the launch of the WHO Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030: Towards Zero Leprosy, Lepra releases a full response.
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The Oldest Culture War in History
25 October 2021
In the UK, we are in the midst of a so called ‘culture war’, where sensitivity around language is a common subject for many. For those affected by leprosy however, this is not about jumping on the ‘political correctness’ bandwagon. The prejudice and misconceptions surrounding leprosy in endemic countries has a very real and very damaging consequence.
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Lepra News Autumn 2021
27 September 2021
The latest edition of Lepra News is now available! Read about our work during the COVID-19 pandemic, our impact 2020-2021 and Arja's story
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International Day of Peace: from the archives
20 September 2021
On 21st September we celebrate the International Day of Peace and look back through some of the turbulent times that Lepra has worked through.
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World Humanitarian Day 2021 - How Lepra responded to the humanitarian crisis caused by COVID-19.
20 August 2021
On World Humanitarian Day 2021, Dr Aparna Srikantam, Head of Research at Lepra’s Blue Peter Public Health and Research Centre (BPHRC) shared details of Lepra’s humanitarian response to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 on people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis via the NTD NGO Network (NNN).
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