The last and longest mile : Yohei Sasakawa's struggle to eliminate leprosy / Fumihiko

By:

Takayama, Fumihiko

Contributor(s):

Miller, Waku

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Hurst & Company, c2021Description: xiv, 268 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781787383401 [hardbound]

DDC classification:

REF 920..6169 T13 2021

Contents:

Heroism amid beggary: Mumbai and Pune After the sandstorm: Cairo and Alexandria Not as things appear: Malawi A dancing ambassador in a pygmy jungle: Central African Republic Entrepreneurial initiative: Raipur (India) Mothers and children torn apart: Rio de Janeiro A belated arrival for the multidrug therapy: Russia and Ukraine Unforgettable people: Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) and Tajikistan, Spain and Portugal, Democratic Republic of the Congo Cries and whispers: Brasília and Mato Grosso Applause for a teenage girl: Kiribati Francis's epiphany: the Vatican Appendix 1: Biblical leprosy Appendix 2: Leprosy in Japan Appendix 3: Resolution and principles and guidelines adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly on December 21, 2010 Appendix 4: International symposium: towards holistic care for people with Hansen's disease, respectful of their dignity (Vatican City, 9-10 June 2016) Appendix 5: Timeline of Yohei Sasakawa and the fight against leprosy over the years

Summary: 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 Mile tells the story of the WHO's offering of this cure, free of charge across the world, in 1995-9, 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 organisation's 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 families--an 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.-- Publisher's website

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DONATION	LAPULAPU-CEBU INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE REFERENCE SECTION	REF 920.6169 T13 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		005469

Heroism amid beggary: Mumbai and Pune
After the sandstorm: Cairo and Alexandria
Not as things appear: Malawi
A dancing ambassador in a pygmy jungle: Central African Republic
Entrepreneurial initiative: Raipur (India)
Mothers and children torn apart: Rio de Janeiro
A belated arrival for the multidrug therapy: Russia and Ukraine
Unforgettable people: Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) and Tajikistan, Spain and Portugal, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Cries and whispers: Brasília and Mato Grosso
Applause for a teenage girl: Kiribati
Francis's epiphany: the Vatican
Appendix 1: Biblical leprosy
Appendix 2: Leprosy in Japan
Appendix 3: Resolution and principles and guidelines adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly on December 21, 2010
Appendix 4: International symposium: towards holistic care for people with Hansen's disease, respectful of their dignity (Vatican City, 9-10 June 2016)
Appendix 5: Timeline of Yohei Sasakawa and the fight against leprosy over the years

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 Mile tells the story of the WHO's offering of this cure, free of charge across the world, in 1995-9, 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 organisation's 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 families--an 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.-- Publisher's website

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