This year the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy welcomed six new Leadership Team members. With more representation from persons affected by Hansen’s disease and from National Leprosy Programmes, the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy now welcomes its largest and most representative Leadership Team to date. … Read More >
Uganda’s National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme developed a Zero Leprosy Action Plan. Core Team members, Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, Dr Rose Kengonzi, and Dr Joseph Kawuma, report on what was achieved and reflect on the next steps toward ending leprosy in Uganda. Video transcript: Dr Stavia … Read More >
People who have experienced leprosy share their experience of the disease with National Leprosy Programmes to help improve leprosy knowledge, skills, and health coverage in their country. Our new video shows this collaboration between persons affected and the National Leprosy Programme of Mozambique.
In April 2021, The Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy and the National Leprosy Programme of Côte d’Ivoire reviewed the country’s leprosy activities and created a national Zero Leprosy Roadmap. Dr. Roch Christian Johnson shares the results of the country review and road-mapping process and explains … Read More >
In November 2020, the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy worked with the Ghanaian National Leprosy Programme to conduct a country review and develop a roadmap to zero leprosy for Ghana. This video highlights our country review process, which is one component of the Zero Leprosy … Read More >
Women affected by leprosy share concerns of the community of persons affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in a video, recently released by GPZL. By learning from these women affected by leprosy, the NTD community can strengthen strategies to reach zero discrimination, zero stigma, and zero disability for persons affected by leprosy and other NTDs worldwide. And by looking to the experts on the ground, including those who have experienced NTDs, NGOs and governments can better fill in the gaps in COVID-19 response.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced today that ‘End Child Leprosy by 2030: Break Transmission and Eliminate Stigma’ was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical social challenges.
The Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy talks with Alice Cruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons affected by Leprosy, about the human rights challenges in leprosy work, and the role of the partnership in addressing these challenges.
As Head of Novartis Foundation, Dr. Ann Aerts has been a catalyst in the formation of the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy and a key adviser. We spoke to her about the foundation’s contributions to innovations in the field of leprosy, and the steps needed to realize our goal of zero leprosy.
José Ramirez, Jr., Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy Board Member and IDEA President, talks about the role of people impacted by leprosy in leading the way to a leprosy-free world.
In time for World Leprosy Day, Mathias Duck discusses how persons affected by leprosy can help empower others affected and improve interventions to reach Zero Leprosy.
In our new video, Mathias Duck speaks about the extreme forms of discrimination and stigma can take against persons affected by leprosy. Mathias is chair of ILEP’s panel of persons affected by leprosy and a member of the partnership’s Operational Excellence working group.
Managers from national leprosy programmes, along with representatives from ILEP organizations, are directing the upcoming efforts of the Operational Excellence working group. They travelled from Brazil, Benin, Ethiopia, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the United Kingdom to participate in the inaugural Operational Excellence meeting, held 6-7 December in Amsterdam. Learn about the meeting discussions and tasks ahead for the working group.
Leadership team members and partners discuss why the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy was formed and the opportunities ahead.
Learn more about why the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy was formed, and the opportunities and goals ahead for the partnership. Speakers include (in order of appearance): Bill Simmons, Chair, Leadership Team (American Leprosy Missions) Arielle Cavaliero, MPH, Member, Leadership Team (Novartis Foundation) Jan van Berkel, … Read More >
The Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy is a coalition of groups committed to ending leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease. Dr. Ann Aerts leads the Novartis Foundation, a member of this coalition. In this video she explains why the work of the coalition is critical in reaching a future without leprosy.