I would like to share with you some of the photographs taken during my visit to India between November 3 and 10, 2022, as chairman of The Nippon Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination.
[November 7, Hyderabad, India]
With members of Brazil’s Movement for the Reintegration of People Affected by Hansen’s Disease (MORHAN), joined by Miss World Brazil Letícia Cezar da Frota (center) and Miss Supranational India Pragnya Ayyagari (third from right).
Chatting with with Miss World Brazil Letícia Cezar da Frota (center) and Miss Supranational India Pragnya Ayyagari (right). I thanked them for their participation as special guests in the 2nd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease, where they pledged to use their public platform to help raise awareness of leprosy and work for an end to the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease.
With Dr. Alice Cruz, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members.
With Dr. Anil Kumar, deputy director general (leprosy) of the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
With members of the Bogura Federation and the Advancing Leprosy and Disadvantaged Peoples Opportunities Society (ALO), both of Bangladesh.
Having my photo taken after being interviewed by Newsmeter, an independent digital media platform based in Hyderabad.
Interviewed by the Sakshi Daily News Papers, an Indian Telugu-language media group, on the current state of India’s fight against leprosy.
With senior members of the Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL), the world’s largest organization of persons affected.
With state leaders of India’s Association of People Affected by Leprosy (APAL).
Local newspapers in Jharkhand State report on the 2nd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease.
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