Brazil
8 Projects
6 Active Members
NLR
Alexandre Menezesalexandre@nhrbrasil.org.br
Netherlands Hanseniasis Relief – Brasil (NHR-Brasil), Av Desembargador Moreira 2001, Salas 806 e 807, Aldeota, Fortaleza/Ceará, CEP: 60170-001
Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau
Stefano Simonistefano@brasa.org.br
Associação Brasil Saúde e Ação – BRASA, Rua Felipe Gadelha, 110 - Santana, São Paulo (SP), 02012-120 Brasile
American Leprosy Missions
Melissa EdmistonMedmiston@leprosy.org
NA
Fontilles
Eduardo de Miguel Selmaemiguel@fontilles.org
NA
Saint Francis Leprosy Guild
Charlotte Johncharlotte.john@stfrancisleprosy.org
NA
Sasakawa Health Foundation
Hideto Yamazakihansen@shf.or.jp
NA
Partners
Fiocruz, Ministry of Health, Saude Indigena (DSI) y Fundaçao Alfredo Da Matta, Comsaùde (Porto Nacional), Health Department of Mossoro; Movement for the Reintegration of People Affected by Hansen’s Disease (MORHAN) Nacional, Poveri Servi della Divina Provvidenza (Marcello candi/Marituba Referral Centre), Research and Studies Centre of HANSEN the Tavares de Macedo Colony, University of Pernambuco
Location(s): Labrea
ILEP Member(s): Saint Francis Leprosy Guild
Hospital boat treating leprosy and other NTD’s
Strategic Theme(s): Zero transmission · Zero disability · Zero discriminationLocation(s): Fortaleza, Sobral, Maracanaú, Redenção, Recife, Olinda, Paulista, Porto Velho, Ariquemes, Cacoal, Teresina, Campo Maior, Machadinho, Alto Alegre, Rolim de Moura, Pimenta Bueno
ILEP Member(s): NLR, Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau
Zero Transmission Project: Starting in 2024 and running until 2026, in the cities of Maracanaú, Fortaleza, Sobral and Redenção, with the aim of training and monitoring doctors, nurses and health agents until they are able to fully carry out suspicion, […]
Strategic Theme(s): Zero transmissionLocation(s): Mossoro
ILEP Member(s): Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau
Continuing health education action focusing on leprosy
Strategic Theme(s): Zero disability · Zero discriminationLocation(s): Rio de Janeiro
ILEP Member(s): American Leprosy Missions, DAHW (German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association), Effect Hope; Fondation Raoul Follereau, NLR
ALM is currently conducting a safety trial (Phase 1b/2a) to transition the defined subunit vaccine, LepVax, into M. leprae-infected individuals in a leprosy-endemic country.
Strategic Theme(s): Zero transmission · Zero disability · Zero discriminationLocation(s): Fortaleza and Sobral
ILEP Member(s): NLR
The PEP++ Program Starting in 2018, is a multicenter clinical research that is being developed in two cities in Ceará (Fortaleza and Sobral) and should generate evidence of the effectiveness of a reinforced chemoprophylaxis regimen for close contacts of people […]
Strategic Theme(s): Zero transmissionLocation(s): Amazonas state
ILEP Member(s): Fontilles
Mainly activity is focused on traning of paramedical workers and detection campaigns in forest areas
Strategic Theme(s): Zero transmission · Zero disability · Zero discriminationLocation(s): Fortaleza, Sobral, Maracanaú, Redenção, Recife, Olinda, Paulista, Porto Velho, Ariquemes, Cacoal, Teresina, Campo Maior, Machadinho, Alto Alegre, Rolim de Moura e Pimenta Bueno
ILEP Member(s): NLR, Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau
Zero Exclusion Project: Starting in 2024 and running until 2026, in the cities of Maracanaú, Fortaleza, Sobral and Redenção, with the aim of promoting social inclusion and guaranteeing basic human rights and full access to healthcare for people affected by […]
Strategic Theme(s): Zero discriminationLocation(s): Country wide
ILEP Member(s): Sasakawa Health Foundation
To develop and strengthen local chapters, build the capacity of new volunteers, increase communication and awareness, and develop a sustainability strategy.
Strategic Theme(s): Zero discrimination