01558nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260003800042653001600080653001200096245008400108856006400192300001000256520115800266       2006                            d  bWorld Health OrganizationaGeneva10aElimination10aleprosy00aReport of the global forum on elimination of leprosy as a public health problem  uhttp://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2006/WHO_CDS_NTD_2006.4_eng.pdf  a27 p.3 a<p>Executive summary 1 Opening remarks 3 Dr Margaret Chan, Assistant Director-General, WHO Communicable Diseases 3 Dr Shaik Kahder Noordeen, President, International Leprosy Association 4 WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination 5 Mr Yohei Sasakawa, President, The Nippon Foundation 5 Review of countries achieving the elimination target 8 Dr Ambumani Ramadoss, Minister of Health, India 8 Dr Filomeno Fortes, Director, Department of Endemic Diseases, Angola 9 Review of countries close to achieving the elimination target 11 Mr Jarbas Barbosa, Secretary of Health, Brazil 11 Chief Medical Officer, United Republic of Tanzania 11 Review of countries sustaining the elimination target 13 Professor Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health, Myanmar 13 International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations 16 Mr Rigo Peeters, President 16 Public–private partnerships 18 Professor Dr Klaus M Leisinger, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development 18 Discussion 21 Concluding remarks 23 Dr Shaik Kahder Noordeen, President, International Leprosy Association 23 Annex 1 Agenda25 Annex 2 List of participants 26</p>