Dear reader,
Thank you for joining us for the first issue of The Leprosy News.
This is a new initiative from The Leprosy Mission's International Office. Each quarter we will share with you insights, data, learning, and opinion from across TLM's Global Fellowship.
We hope that sharing knowledge in this way will play a small role in strengthening the leprosy and NTD sector. We hope to start conversations, prompt new thoughts, and connect more dots between our work and yours.
In this issue you will find interviews with some of our top contact tracing practitioners, a recent paper from TLM on the issue of leprosy and climate change, and an article from myself and Clara Volpi on why we are standing by our goal of zero leprosy transmission by 2035, despite the setbacks posed by Covid-19, as well as the latest leprosy stories in the news.
We want this resource to be a part of a conversation. Each issue will provide opportunities for you to respond with your own thoughts and opinions by email. Please do take the time to share your thoughts with us and we will publish the top comments in the next issue of The Leprosy News.
Thank you again for joining us here and happy reading!
Brent Morgan International Director, The Leprosy Mission