World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Leprosy

This page provides links to publications and reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners working on this topic in the Western Pacific Region. Also shown are links to related web sites.

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Health in Asia and the Pacific
Countries in Asia and the Pacific have reached unprecedented levels of prosperity, but millions of people are still mired in poverty and poor health, with no sign of their being able to breach the barrier to better medical care. Despite irrefutable evidence of this troubling gap between rich and poor, few governments and health specialists have access to the data they need to address the problem.

Epidemiological Review of Leprosy in the Western Pacific Region 2007
This document presents the epidemiological review of Leprosy in the Western Pacific Region of WHO.  The information contained in this report is based on 2005 data, which is the most recent available data from the countries that were reported in 2007.

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Upcoming meetings and events

National Leprosy Programme Managers' Meeting 13 - 15 February
Manila, Philippines, 13 to 15 February 2012



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