Some of the Power-point presentations made during the 17th International Leprosy Congress are available here in PDF format. Some of the files are big in size. If you have difficulties in down-loading the files from internet and wish to receive them by email, write to <sunil.deepak(at)aifo.it>

Special inaugural session on key issues on Wednesday 30 January 2008 afternoon

• Key issues in leprosy control - an ILEP perspective, Rigo Peeters (60 KB)

Plenary session, Thursday 31 January 2008 morning (S1 - Achievement in leprosy elimination & future leprosy work - Global and National Perspectives, moderators S.K. Noordeen and Y Al-Qubati; achievements & future of leprosy work - technical perspectives moderators Paul Saunderson, S. Barua and P. K. Patnaik)

• Achievements in leprosy elimination and future leprosy programme: Indian perspective, P. L. Joshi (675 KB)

• Achievements in leprosy elimination and future leprosy programme: Brazil, Maria Leide (414 KB)

• Achievements of leprosy elimination and future leprosy work - ILEP, Cairns Smith (135 KB)

• Case detection, P. Krishnamurthi (205 KB)

• Prevention of disability - who is preventing what, Hugh Cross (200 KB)

Plenary Sessions, Friday 1st February 2008 morning (Guest lecture; S-3 POD & Surgery, moderators Frank Duerksen and A K Agarwal; & S-4 Epidemiology of Leprosy moderators Paul Fine, PL Joshi and JP Muliyil)

• Genomics and the origin of leprosy, Stewart T. Cole (12 MB)

• Management of disabilities in the field, Linda F. Lehman (1.5 MB)

• Self care promotion, Anjan Dey (70 KB)

• Current concepts in reconstructive surgery in leprosy, Atul Shah (1.5 MB)

• Leg and foot problems in leprosy patients, Marco Andrey C. Frade (5 MB)

• Comprehensive care of the disabled, Neela Shah (1 MB)

• M. leprae in healthy individuals and transmission of leprosy, Cairns Smith (70 KB)

• Risk of infection and its relevance of chemoprophylaxis, Etienne Declerq (30 KB)

• Leprosy trend and factors which influence them, Paul Fine (800 KB)

• Epidemiology of disability, Wim Van Brakel (350 KB)

Plenary sessions, Saturday 2nd February 2008 morning (Guest lecture Genetic Susceptibility, moderators Erwin Schurr and N K Mehra; S-5 Reactions and nerve damage moderators Cairns Smith and J. Wim Brandsma; S-6 Chemotherapy and drug resistance, moderators Ben Naafs and Murdo Macdonald)

• Positional cloning of major leprosy genetic risk factors, Erwin Schurr (330 KB)

• Host genetics of mycobacterial infections, N K Mehra (1.5 MB)

• Human genetics of Mitsuda reaction, Alexander Alcais (800 KB)

• Genetic epidemiology of an isolated leprosy population from Northern Brazil, Marcelo Tàvora Mira (1 MB)

• Risk factors & clinical features for developing reactions & neuritis, Peter Nicholls (120 KB)

• Mechanisms of nerve damage, David Scollard (3.5 MB)

• Treatment of reactions and neuritis, Diana Lockwood (310 KB)

• Role of surgery in the management of neuritis, Marcos Virmond (2.5 MB)

• An overview of WHO regimens for treatment of leprosy, Bhushan Kumar (170 KB)

• Newer drugs and possible new generation multi drug regimens for leprosy, Ji Baohong (35 KB)

• Laboratory aspects of drug resistance in leprosy, V M Katoch (70 KB)

• Molecular biological techniques for detecting drug resistance, M. Matsuoka (4.5 MB)

• Chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of leprosy, Jan Hendrik Richardus (670 KB)

Plenary sessions Sunday 3rd February 2008 morning (Guest lecture Nerve damage and repair, moderator M. Virmond; s-7 Human rights moderators Anwei Law and Arthur CM De Sousa; s-8 operational issues on patients management moderators P. Krishnamurthi and Sunil Sethinayak)

• Nerve damage and repair, Ben Naafs (9.5 MB)

• Women's issues, Natalie de G. Marçal (50 KB)

• Leprosy and human rights, a global perspective, Douglas Soutar (50 KB)

• Case definition and detection, J. Kawuma (880 KB)

• Leprosy control strategy for low endemic situations, M. Htoon (55 KB)

• Information systems in leprosy, Vera Andrade (35 KB)

• Referral system for leprosy patients in the integrated system of health care, Bhushan Kumar (450 KB)

You may also like to look at the following:

• PRESENTATIONS FROM AFRICA CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL LEPROSY ASSOCIATION (ILA) Johannesburg (South Africa), 31 Jan. - 3 Feb. 2005

• AIFO's Online learning courses on leprosy

• Subscribing to Leprosy Mailing List and LML archives

• Other online books and documents on leprosy