Miss Supranational Forum: SNS Message

Venue: Video Message

Greetings to all! I am Yohei Sasakawa, the WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination. I have been involved in the work to eliminate leprosy for about 50 years, going to leprosy sites in more than 120 countries. Leprosy is a totally curable disease when detected and treated in the early stages. Medicine for treatment is free everywhere in the world. Persons affected by leprosy must never be discriminated groundlessly. I am very much encouraged to think that the participants of this Miss. Supranational Forum will spread the correct message about leprosy to the world. I would also like to ask all of you watching this video to disseminate the same message via SNS. Let us together work towards a world without discrimination and stigma associated with leprosy.

*This video message is available at The Nippon Foundation YouTube.