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International award for NZ-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 9:37 am | Pacific Leprosy
The World Health Organisation has singled out the New Zealand-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation for its annual international US$100,000 Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for excellence in public health. More >>
WHO Recognises Kiwis’ Fight Against Leprosy in the Pacific
Friday, 15 April 2011, 1:59 pm | Pacific Leprosy
The work of a small Christchurch-based non-government organisation (NGO) has so impressed the World Health Organisation (WHO) that a very senior overseas official popped in for a visit this week. The three-person Christchurch-based Pacific Leprosy ... More >>
Leprosy Still a Problem in NZ and the Pacific
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 11:43 am | Pacific Leprosy
Social attitudes, rather than a lack of medicine, are the major reason leprosy continues to be a problem in the Pacific Islands and to a lesser extent in New Zealand according to Jill Tomlinson, General Manager of the Pacific Leprosy Foundation in Christchurch. More >>