Letter to LPOs- January 2014 “SCOPH Information for a Local Public Health Officer” Dear Public Health Officers, Welcome to the first issue of letter to LPOs. The history of this monthly publication goes back to 6 years ago that aims to cover a wide arrangement of topics, issues, and useful resources in helping the individual improve and succeed in their NMOs. The content addresses latest information on Public Health and wellness that apply to the interests and lifestyle of all SCOPHians, yet specifically targets Local Public Health Officers. For January, we will discuss a chronic disease that affects someone every two minutes and is responsible of around three million people worldwide disabled due to late treatment. It’s Leprosy. Leprosy is a disease of poverty and occurs where there is dirty water, bad nutrition and poor standards of living that leave its victims maimed, crippled, disfigured and blind, often with terrible quality of life. So, what shall we do? Clearly we won’t stand on the sidelines and let another generation of kids suffer like this. We need to tackle this ugly and unfortunate global health issue passionately and persistently. World Leprosy Day 2014 – Sunday 26 January will be golden opportunity to work on two major aspects: 1/ raising awareness of leprosy as a 21st century disease 2/ ending stigma and discrimination against people affected by leprosy These are some of the materials you may need as a guarantee of a successful presentation: World Leprosy Day Brochure : http://www.leprosy.ca/document.doc?id=38 http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/documents/WLD2014/World%20Leprosy%20day%20leaflet%20AW%2 0lr.pdf World Leprosy Day Poster http://www.leprosy.ca/document.doc?id=41 http://www.tlmscotland.org.uk/media/wld14_poster_web.pdf
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http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/documents/WLD2014/World%20Leprosy%20Day%20poster%20lr.pdf Leaflets http://www.tlmscotland.org.uk/media/wld14_leaflet_web.pdf http://www.tlmscotland.org.uk/media/wld14_fundraising_ideas.pdf http://www.leprosy.ca/document.doc?id=39 World Leprosy day’s logo http://www.lepra.org.uk/world-leprosy-day To learn more about Leprosy: http://www.leprosy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wld-bulletin-insert-2014.pdf http://www.who.int/lep/en/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2476039/?page=1 Remember dear leaders that « The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual” With the most distinguished wishes of success and glory, leave you for now with a promise of a second letter next month
Yours Respectfully, Marwa Daly Development Assistant on Publications and Marketing of SCOPH for the term 2013-2014 References:
http://www.tlmscotland.org.uk/news_resources/resources/wld.php http://www.leprosy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wld-bulletin-insert-2014.pdf http://www.leprosymission.org.uk/documents/WLD2014/World%20Leprosy%20Day%20poster%20lr.pd f http://www.leprosy.ca/worldleprosyday http://www.leprosymission.org.au/Resources/WorldLeprosyDay.aspx
c/o WMA B.P, 63,01212 Ferney-Voltaire CDEX –FRANCE
Tel. +33 (450) 04 47 59
Fax. +33 (450) 40 59 37
www.ifmsa.org