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 8, Hyderabad, India]
Posing with Miss World Brazil Letícia Cezar da Frota (left) and Miss Supranational India Pragnya Ayyagari (right) on the third and final day of the 2nd Global Forum of People’s Organizations on Hansen’s Disease.
At a special session with Miss India (second from left) and Miss Brazil (third from right) on the final day of the three-day forum, where I told the gathering: “It was a deeply moving experience for me to see representatives of people's organizations from around the world come together to hold the 2nd Global Forum. You are united and raising your voices together. I hope that all of you go back to your countries and tell this to your peers and unite even more. This will lead to an improvement in the living condition of all people affected by leprosy.”
With Mr. Al Kadri (left), deputy head of PerMaTa, an Indonesian organization of people affected by leprosy, and Kertsin Beise of YDTI Indonesia.
With representatives of Timor-Leste’s ATLE－Ms. Luiza Terezinha Gusmão (left) and Ms. Norberta Vicente Soares da Cruz (right).
Speaking at a press conference with Miss Supranational India Pragnya Ayyagari (third from left) and Miss World Brazil Letícia Cezar da Frota (second from right) and representatives of people’s organizations from Ghana, India and Brazil.
Responding to questions from the media.
From left: the author; Dr Florent Ngondu, director of the program for the elimination of leprosy at the Ministry of Health, the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Dr. Yves Barogui, regional focal person for leprosy, the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO); and Dr. Aboubacar Mzembaba, national leprosy program manager, leprosy and tuberculosis, the Ministry of Health of Comoros.
With Dr. Shakil Ahmed of the Directorate General of Health Services of the Ministry of Health, Bangladesh.
With Dr. Vedastus Deusdedit Kamara of the Tanzanian Health Ministry.
With Dr. Prashanna Napit of Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population.
With Dr. Roch Christian Johnson (fourth from right), outgoing president of the International Leprosy Association (ILA), and Dr. Narasimha Rao (third from left), organizing secretary of the International Leprosy Congress 2022 and Dr. Johnson’s successor as ILA president.
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