Last and Longest Mile e-bog
154,35 DKK
(inkl. moms 192,94 DKK)
This book offers a compelling account of the two-pronged fight against both leprosy and the discrimination that comes with it. Leprosy is generally weak against the immune system, yet it persists in populations with inadequate nutrition and weak resistance, due to poverty or lack of disease control measures. Thus the battle against leprosy has involved a highly effective multidrug therapy, and ...
E-bog
154,35 DKK
Forlag
Hurst Publishers
Udgivet
6 december 2021
Længde
320 sider
Genrer
Personal and public health / health education
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781787386297
This book offers a compelling account of the two-pronged fight against both leprosy and the discrimination that comes with it. Leprosy is generally weak against the immune system, yet it persists in populations with inadequate nutrition and weak resistance, due to poverty or lack of disease control measures. Thus the battle against leprosy has involved a highly effective multidrug therapy, and getting it to communities in need.The Last and Longest Miletells the story of the WHOs offering of this cure, free of charge across the world, in 19959, through vital funding from the Nippon Foundation; and of how the Foundation has continued pursuing elimination of leprosy in the years since. Yohei Sasakawa, the organisations chairman, has personally travelled the world to lead the struggle against the disease, and particularly to combat discrimination against leprosy patients or ex-patients and their familiesan effort that has lagged behind the campaign to eradicate the disease itself.Award-winning writer Fumihiko Takayama accompanied Sasakawa on his seven-year global crusade from 2009. Here he recounts the milestones of their journey, explores the important advances and setbacks experienced along the way, and reveals the personal sense of mission that drives the tireless Yohei Sasakawa.