Leprosy Ambassador targets discrimination against lepers

Cape Coast, March 9, GNA - Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador, has initiated a campaign to end discrimination and other human rights violations faced by people affected by leprosy around the world. Mr Sasakawa, who is also the Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, a non profit foundation established in 1962, says he has approached the UN Sub committee on the Protection and Promotion of Human Right and has obtained unanimous approval for a resolution to urge governments to end basic human rights violation. A Committee is working on a draft Principle and guidelines for eliminating discrimination to be » Read More

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