The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean organized a regional meeting of national programme managers of leprosy control programmes from 10 to 12 December 2013. The meeting was held in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its objectives were to:
- provide an update on the epidemiological situation of leprosy at global and national levels;
- discuss the progress of implementation during 2012–2013 of the “Enhanced Global Strategy for Further Reducing the Disease Burden due to Leprosy (plan period: 2011–2015), and outline the plans for 2014–2015; and
- update the participants on technical issues related to leprosy control.
For details of the meeting and to access its recommendations read the meeting report.
