The WHA - at its 40th plenary Meeting - urges Member States with endemic leprosy:
(1) to allocate adequate priority to and resources for leprosy control within their public health services as part of primary health care;
(2) to strengthen health education through the media and community participation with a view to overcoming the stigma and phobias traditionally associated with the disease in many societies, and to institute adequate legal guarantees protecting the rights of cured leprosy patients;
CY - Geneva DA - 15 May 1987 LA - eng N2 -The WHA - at its 40th plenary Meeting - urges Member States with endemic leprosy:
(1) to allocate adequate priority to and resources for leprosy control within their public health services as part of primary health care;
(2) to strengthen health education through the media and community participation with a view to overcoming the stigma and phobias traditionally associated with the disease in many societies, and to institute adequate legal guarantees protecting the rights of cured leprosy patients;
PB - World Health Organization PP - Geneva PY - 1987 EP - 2 p. TI - Resolution WHA 40.35 : "Towards the elimination of leprosy". UR - http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/mediacentre/WHA_40.35_Eng.pdf VL - Resolution WHA40.35 ER -