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Heroes and Heroines of Twentieth-Century Leprosy Work in India
Publisher:
Juggernaut
| Author:
Derek A. Lobo | Mohan D. Gupte
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Juggernaut
Author:
Derek A. Lobo | Mohan D. Gupte
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
Original price was: ₹499.₹399Current price is: ₹399.
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Informative and eye-opening, this book is both important and inspiring The elimination of leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2005 in most endemic countries, including India, is one of the most remarkable success stories of the twentieth century. This book features forty-five Indians and a few foreigners who contributed to the success of leprosy elimination in the country. They include icons such as Mahatma Gandhi, Manohar Diwan, Baba Amte, Mother Teresa and specialists like Robert Cochrane, Paul Brand, Dharmendra, K.V. Desikan and S.K. Noordeen.
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Informative and eye-opening, this book is both important and inspiring The elimination of leprosy as a public health problem by the year 2005 in most endemic countries, including India, is one of the most remarkable success stories of the twentieth century. This book features forty-five Indians and a few foreigners who contributed to the success of leprosy elimination in the country. They include icons such as Mahatma Gandhi, Manohar Diwan, Baba Amte, Mother Teresa and specialists like Robert Cochrane, Paul Brand, Dharmendra, K.V. Desikan and S.K. Noordeen.
About Author
Derek A. Lobo’s work in the field of leprosy includes seven years in Bangladesh as a WHO consultant for leprosy, and six years as regional advisor for leprosy, filaria, worm infestations and yaws at the WHO Regional Office for Southeast Asia, coordinating programmes in eleven countries.
Mohan D. Gupte is an epidemiologist and a public health expert with forty-three years of experience in dealing with leprosy. A recipient of the International Gandhi Award, he is the founder and former director of ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE). He conducted several vaccine trials and clinical trials in the field of leprosy, and was the first chairman of the WHO Technical Advisory Group for Leprosy (TAG-Leprosy).
Mohan D. Gupte is an epidemiologist and a public health expert with forty-three years of experience in dealing with leprosy. A recipient of the International Gandhi Award, he is the founder and former director of ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE). He conducted several vaccine trials and clinical trials in the field of leprosy, and was the first chairman of the WHO Technical Advisory Group for Leprosy (TAG-Leprosy).
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