An estimated 3 to 4 million people are thought to be living with some form of disability as a result of leprosy. Leprosy is curable with multidrug therapy, but left untreated can result in permanent disability. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted case-finding activities, over 200,000 new cases were being reported annually.
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Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, is an infectious disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves.
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Please visit for the details of the event, including the program and how to register. The music foundation is a sister foundation of The Nippon Foundation, whose chairman, Yohei Sasakawa, also serves as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination. It will also feature a Stradivarius mini concert in cooperation with the Nippon Music Foundation. The conference will include a poster exhibition consisting of an academic poster session ( ) and a session on best practices shared by organizations of persons affected by Hansen's disease ( ). Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO (video), Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (video) and Ingvild Kjerkol, Minister of Health and Care Services, Norway. Special dignitaries scheduled to deliver messages at the event include Dr. The Bergen International Conference on Hansen's Disease: 150 Years Since the Discovery of the Leprosy Bacillus brings together key stakeholders in the leprosy field for sessions focused on medical challenges, human rights and dignity, and history preservation-the three pillars on which the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative structures its activities against the disease. Achieving this goal will require close collaboration between partners, which the Bergen meeting aims to foster.
Many countries and international organizations, led by the World Health Organization, now aim to achieve zero leprosy-zero disease, zero disability and zero discrimination. However, around 200,000 new cases are still reported worldwide each year, while deep-rooted misconceptions about leprosy persist, contributing to continued stigma and discrimination, and acting as a barrier to case detection by discouraging those who suspect they have the disease from seeking treatment. She will be based in Yahoo Finance’s New York bureau.When Hansen discovered the bacillus-the first time a pathogen had been identified as the cause of disease in humans-leprosy was endemic in Norway and present throughout much of Europe, but today transmission of the disease has ended in most parts of the continent. Hyman is that latest in a string of new hires for Yahoo Finance – spanning production, studios, talent and editorial – including Lulu Chiang, Adam Shapiro, and others. “She is an all-star journalist who brings passion and intelligence to the reporting of financial content.” “We are thrilled that Julie is joining our team,” said Andy Hoffman, senior executive producer of Yahoo Finance. She grew up outside Baltimore and attended Randolph-Macon College. Hyman began her career at the Washington Times. She joined Bloomberg as a reporter covering European stocks, in the Paris bureau. There, she served in a number of roles, most recently as senior markets correspondent, and previously as anchor retail reporter and correspondent at the NYSE and Nasdaq. Hyman has covered financial markets for 20 years, spending the bulk of her career at Bloomberg Television. Yahoo Finance announced that longtime Bloomberg Television staffer Julie Hyman has been hired as an anchor, part of the ongoing video expansion and increased live market coverage.
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