YAKUB ANIL, A GRADUATE OF MMF OSHG, MADE A VIDEO MESSAGE ON THE DAY
Yakub Anil, a graduate of the Osh State International Faculty of Medicine, made a video message on World Leprosy Day with a speech “On the occasion of the World Leprosy Day, it is important to show our solidarity with people suffering from leprosy. People suffering from leprosy have the right to a decent life, free from the stigma and discrimination associated with the disease.”
Jakub Anil Fastenau, a graduate of the Faculty of International Medicine, has a master’s degree in Global Health from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. He currently works as a Global Health Consultant and Medical Advisor for the German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Care Association GLRA. World Leprosy Day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of January. In 2022, it falls on January 30th.
Established by the World Health Organization in 1954 with the aim of drawing attention to the problem of social protection of patients with leprosy, their rehabilitation and readaptation, assistance to the disabled and low-income families of patients, etc.
Leprosy (an obsolete name for leprosy) is a chronic infectious disease caused by an acid-fast, rod-shaped bacillus. The disease mainly affects the skin, peripheral nerves, the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract, and the eyes.