Travel Report of ITM’s visit to Damien Foundation on the Comoros
Our ITM promotors of the PEOPLE project, Bouke de Jong and Epco Hasker, visited the Comoros islands for follow up of the project, which is now going into its…
Our ITM promotors of the PEOPLE project, Bouke de Jong and Epco Hasker, visited the Comoros islands for follow up of the project, which is now going into its…
Press release – Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp – 5 November 2020 The number of new cases of leprosy decreases in people exposed to M. leprae, who take a…
In the first year of the PEOPLE study (2019), a total of 101,994 persons were identified of whom 95,679 agreed to participate in the study and were examined for…
Main objective To explore the optimal modalities and potential barriers to increase the effectiveness of door-to-door screening for Leprosy and PEP administration. Specific objectives To assess the local social…
This event will feature breakout sessions around key programmatic challenges and promote interactions among operational researchers, program implementers, and policy influencers in the NTD field. Maryland, United States COR-NTD website…
While leprosy might seem like an ancient disease, it is very much a disease of the present in 145 countries: in 2016, there were more than 200.000 new leprosy…