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Clinton Global Initiative Video on Neglected Tropical Diseases

PAHO Communicable Disease Research Program (CDR)

10 Facts about Neglected Tropical Diseases

Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal Published by the Public Library of Science

An ACHIEVABLE DREAM: Eliminating some Diseases from the Region

An Achievable Dream: Eliminating Some Diseases from the Americas

I can do it myself! Tips for people affected by leprosy who want to prevent disability

CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (New England Journal of Medicine, 357: 10, September 6, 2007)

Global Plan to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008–2015

Tackling Neglected Diseases in Latin America

Leprosy Detection Rate, 2006

Situation Report: Leprosy in the Americas, 2007

Health discusses actions to eliminate and control Hansen’s disease: National Evaluation & Monitoring Meeting, National Program for the Elimination and Control of Hansen’s Disease (Brasilia, 23–25 July 2007)

Leprosy in Cuba

A Turning Point 2007: Report of the Global Partners' Meeting on Neglected Tropical Diseases (Geneva, Switzerland, 19-20 April 2007)

Prevention, control, and elimination of neglected diseases in the Americas: Pathways to integrated, inter-programmatic, inter-sectoral action for health and development

Leprosy (WHO Fact Sheet No. 101)

Leprosy (TDR Fact Sheet and Research Resource Page)

The Burden of Neglected Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean Compared with Some Other Communicable Diseases

Neglected Diseases: The Diseases of Poverty

Leprosy in Ecuador, 2006

CD47.R18: Health of the Indigenous Peoples in the Americas

Consensus Statement on Prevention of Disability (Consensus Development Conference on the Prevention of Disability [POD], Cebu City, Philippines, 13–16 September 2006)

Global Leprosy Situation, 2006

Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (2006–2010): Operational Guidelines

Communicable Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO: Aims, Strategies and Lines of Action

Minister of Health Agenor Álvares Receives WHO Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination in Brazil

Eighth Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Leprosy Control (Aberdeen, Scotland, 21 April 2006)

Investing in Global Health: 'Best Buys' and Priorities for Action in Developing Countries

Priorities in Health

Nippon Foundation: A Partner in the Fight against Leprosy (Hansen's Disease)

Neglected Diseases: Search Page for PAHO and WHO Information

Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy

Leprosy Cases in Brazil Drop by 24.27% in Two Years

Leprosy Detection Rate 2005

Leprosy Situation: Region of the Américas, beginning of 2006

Problem Tree for Leprosy

Status of Leprosy in the Region of the Americas

Keeping Leprosy Under Control: Caribbean Leprosy Control Managers' Workshop (Georgetown, Guyana, 29 June - 1 July 2005)

Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Leprosy Burden and Sustaining Leprosy Control Activities (Plan period: 2006–2010)

Hospital Fair: Ministry of Health of Brazil Participates in Launching Telemedicine and Virtual Man Projects to Control Leprosy

Report of the Seventh Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on the Elimination of Leprosy (4–5 April 2005)

Global Leprosy Situation 2004

Ministry of Health of Brazil Launches 2nd Edition of the Charters of Elimination: Epidemiological Situation of Hansen's Disease among Children under 15

Leprosy Detection Rate 2004

Definitions and Terms in Implementation Research and Health Systems Research

Successful Experiences in Disease Control in Brazil Presented at Expoepi (Brasilia, 23-26 November 2004)

Tribute Paid to Doctor Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla, Symbol of the Fight against Hansen's Disease (4th Expoepi, Brasilia, 23 November 2004)

Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (ILSL): PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Capacity-Building and Training in Leprosy Control and Research

Alfredo da Matta Foundation for Dermatology and Venereology (FUAM): PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Leprosy Training, Research and Control in the Americas

Regional Core Health Data System - Indicators Glossary

Ministry of Health of Brazil Launches Instrument to Monitor Leprosy in Each State: The Charters of Elimination

CD45.R3: Millennium Development Goals and Health Targets

The Final Push towards Elimination of Leprosy: Strategic Plan 2000–2005

Multidrug Therapy against Leprosy: Development and Implementation over the Past 25 Years

Bauru Consensus for Validating Leprosy Diagnoses in Endemic States in Brazil

Self-Instruction Course on Health Situation Analysis for Endemic Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)

Steroid prophylaxis for prevention of nerve function impairment in leprosy: randomised placebo controlled trial (TRIPOD 1)

President Lula wants to eliminate leprosy from Brazil by 2005.

Workshop on Implementation Research (IR) in Leprosy (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23–25 March 2004)

Report on the Sixth Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on the Elimination of Leprosy (Geneva, 9-10 February 2004)

Leprosy

Sixth Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on the Elimination of Leprosy (Geneva, 9–10 February 2004)

Leprosy Elimination Monitoring (LEM) in Brazil, 2003

Reports from the Brazilian States for Leprosy Elimination Monitoring (LEM) 2003

Frequently-Asked Questions about Leprosy Elimination

CD44.R6: Primary Health Care in the Americas: Lessons Learned over 25 Years and Future Challenges

Brazil Leprosy Campaign Evaluation

WHO, List of Links on Communicable Diseases (by topic)

Leprosy Elimination Monitoring (LEM): Guidelines for Monitors (2000)

Fact Sheet on Hanseniasis (Leprosy) in the Americas: Brazil's Pioneering Role in the Push for Elimination

Photo Gallery: People Affected by Hanseniasis (Leprosy), Brazil

Hansen's Disease in Brazil

No Role for Thalidomide in Leprosy

WHO Guidelines for Management of Severe Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) Reaction

Fifth Meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Elimination of Leprosy (Yangon, Myanmar, 9–10 February 2003)

The Yangon Declaration

WHO Disease Outbreak News

Leprosy in Brazil: Epidemiology and Social Aspects

Pan American Journal of Public Health - Vol. 9, No. 2, February 2001

Guide to Eliminate Leprosy as a Public-Health Problem

WHA51.15: Elimination of Leprosy as a Public Health Problem

CD35.14: Eradication/Elimination of Certain Diseases from the Region

WHA44.9: Adoption of Multidrug Therapy for Elimination of Leprosy as a Public Health Problem