Dear Friends, World Leprosy Day 2014 calls for a massive, concerted, united effort to raise awareness about leprosy and the problems created by this chronic but curable disease. It is not enough to know about leprosy–we all have to ACT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY in order to prevent and address the physical, psychosocial, and […]
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Apr
Apr
The Philippine Leprosy Mission will be celebrating its 50th anniversary on April 10, 2012. The organization began in the early 1920s as the Philippine Evangelical Leprosy Mission (PELM), a group of missionaries sent to take care of the spiritual and physical needs of Protestant patients in what was then known as the Culion Leper Colony. […]
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Mar
Mar
Philippine Leprosy Mission (PLM), in partnership with Sorok Uni Foundation, conducted a free skin clinic as part of the 9th year anniversary celebration of Sorok Trinity Church in Sorok Uni Village, San Antonio, Quezon. Volunteer dermatologists were consultant, Dr Belen Dofitas, and four dermatology resident physicians of St. Luke’s Medical Center. They were able to […]
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Feb
Feb
The 1st Leprosy Stakeholders Symposium was held last January 25, 2012 at the Legend Hotel, City of Puerto Princesa, Palawan. This symposium was organized by the Department of Health in cooperation with the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development and Novartis Healthcare Philippines so that the country’s major stakeholders and partners in leprosy control could brainstorm […]
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