/PRNewswire/ WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on January 26,.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted leprosy services and led to an increase in this curable disease. Pope Francis and Yohei Sasakawa have called for action.
TOKYO, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ French Raoul Follereau Fondation, Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau and Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative, in collaboration with the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will co-host the "International Symposium at the Vatican on Hansen's Disease: Leave No One Behind" on January 23-24, 2023 at Auditorium "P. Agostino Trape", Patristic Institute Augustinianum..