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Hansen’s disease, more commonly known as leprosy will be in the news throughout the year as some significant dates are observed.
| October 11-19, 2010: World Health Organization meeting in Geneva, Switzerland | Jan 11, 2010 7:26pm | - | |
| * Eighth expert committee meeting on Leprosy hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 11-19, 2010. Persons on the committee were from India, China, Japan, England, USA, Brazil, Scotland, Mozambique, France, and Switzerland. This is the first expert meeting since 1948 that a person affected by leprosy was one of the "experts." |
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| August 2010: Kaleidoscope Magazine | Feb 1, 2010 7:52pm | - | |
| * Louisiana State University alumni magazine featured Jose as an alumni who is leading the way against leprosy. |
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| April 2010: Sunday edition of the Houston Chronicle, Star section “Love Stories” | Apr 1, 2010 7:50pm | - | |
| * The city newspaper featured Jose and his wife Magdalena in their weekly “Love Stories” feature. Their love through Jose’s diagnosis and treatment serves as an inspiration for many. |
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| February 2010: Fonteno Lecture Series at MHMRA of Harris County | May 26, 2010 7:59pm | - | |
| World Leprosy Day ~ Annual Event | Jan 25, 2011 6:00am | - | |
| * Declared by President Kennedy in 1962 and also by President Johnson in 1964. |
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| International Day of Dignity & Respect | Mar 11, 2011 5:00am | - | |
| * Commemorating two important events - the day in 1941 when a group of residents at the leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana started on the treatment with sulfones which proved to be the first form of cure for this illness; and the closing of this same leprosarium in 1999. |
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