About us

Full Professor, Department of Public Health, Medical School and Postgraduate Programme in Infectious Diseases, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil.

Professor of Medical Microbiology, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France Head of the EDIRA team (Emergence and Diffusion of Resistance to Antibiotics), Cimi-Paris. National Reference Centre for Mycobacteria, Paris, France

Medical Superintendent, Ankaful Leprosy & General Hospital, Ghana

Dr David J. Blok

Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

MBBS (Colombo), MD Dermatology (Sri Lanka), DTM&H (London). Consultant Dermatologist, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Director, Schieffelin Institute of Health – Research & Leprosy Centre, Karigiri, Vellore, India

National Coordinator, IDEA Refaco Kenya Foundation Secretary General, Africa Alliance against Neglected Tropical Diseases (Afra-NTD)

PhD, Research Scientist, The Leprosy Mission Trust India, India

Community Dermatologist and Country Manager, Leprosy Programme, Saint Lucia

Collaborating Researcher, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

MD, Professor of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Head, Department of Dermatology, and also Head, Research Laboratory LR18SP01 “Public Health and Infections”, La Rabta Hospital, Tunis

MBBS, MD, MPH, Senior Consultant Dermatologist, Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Nepal

MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States of America

PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Based in Ethiopia (ALERT Hospital) and Zimbabwe

NTD Technical Advisor, Hope Rises International (HRI), Hyderabad, India Chair, ILEP Technical Commission (ITC)