title: [Report of the Ninth meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group of Leprosy Control].
abstract: The Ninth meeting of the WHO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Leprosy Control was held in Cairo, Egypt on 6th and 7th March 2008. The meeting was chaired by Professor W.C.S. Smith and attended by national leprosy programme managers from Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cambodia, Egypt, Iran, India, Nigeria and Thailand. In addition, several experts and members of the Technical Commission of the International Federation ofAnti-Leprosy Associations (ILEP) also attended the meeting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioregulation, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. norishii@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: Norihisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagaoka
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000187:drug effects; D011287:Prejudice; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents