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2024 Global Appeal Calls for Well-Informed Public to 'Break Chains of Discrimination' against Leprosy

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Thursday, February 1, 2024
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This year's appeal calls on people to learn the facts about leprosy, share accurate information and create a world where no one is left behind because of a treatable disease.

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  • This year's appeal calls on people to learn the facts about leprosy, share accurate information and create a world where no one is left behind because of a treatable disease.
  • "Let us break the chains of discrimination, work toward a leprosy-free world, and ensure dignity and care for everyone affected by this disease," the appeal says.
  • The 2024 Global Appeal is the 19th in a series of annual appeals dating back to 2006.
  • An initiative of WHO Goodwill Ambassador Sasakawa, the appeal is launched on or near World Leprosy Day, which is marked on the last Sunday in January.

Participating in the Second Stage of the Nippon Foundation MEGURI2040

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Friday, July 21, 2023
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On July 20, the Nippon Foundation held a seminar(3) on the MEGURI2040.

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  • On July 20, the Nippon Foundation held a seminar(3) on the MEGURI2040.
  • At the seminar, an overview of the second stage of MEGURI2040 and the project's initiatives were presented.
  • This program is positioned as the second stage of MEGURI2040, which started in 2020, and aims for full-scale commercialization of fully autonomous ship technology by 2025, which was developed in the "Joint Technological Development Program for Demonstration of Fully Autonomous Ship," which was carried out as the first stage, in cooperation with the Nippon Foundation.
  • Mitsubishi Shipbuilding participated in the first stage of MEGURI2040 as the representative company of the DFFAS Consortium, the predecessor of DFFAS+, and will continue to serve as the representative company of DFFAS+ in the second stage of MEGURI2040.

Bergen Prepares to Host International Conference on Hansen's Disease Marking 150 Years Since the Discovery of the Leprosy Bacillus

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Monday, June 19, 2023
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The conference, which will be held in the city where Norwegian Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen made his groundbreaking finding, will also be streamed online.

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  • The conference, which will be held in the city where Norwegian Dr. Gerhard Armauer Hansen made his groundbreaking finding, will also be streamed online.
  • Many countries and international organizations, led by the World Health Organization, now aim to achieve zero leprosy—zero disease, zero disability and zero discrimination—.
  • Achieving this goal will require close collaboration between partners, which the Bergen meeting aims to foster.
  • The Bergen International Conference on Hansen's Disease: 150 Years Since the Discovery of the Leprosy Bacillus brings together key stakeholders in the leprosy field for sessions focused on medical challenges, human rights and dignity, and history preservation—the three pillars on which the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative structures its activities against the disease.

Woolpert Contracted by NOAA for Hydrographic Survey, Bathymetric Data in Nome, Alaska

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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NOME, Alaska, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has signed Woolpert to a $7 million contract to perform hydrographic surveying and collect bathymetric data in and around Nome, Alaska. These data will support commercial fishing, shipping channels, coastal resilience, scientific research, and Seabed 2030, a collaborative project that aims to map the world's ocean floor by 2030.

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  • NOME, Alaska, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has signed Woolpert to a $7 million contract to perform hydrographic surveying and collect bathymetric data in and around Nome, Alaska.
  • Woolpert will collect data over 1,874 square nautical miles in Northern Norton Sound, which stretches from Golovin Bay through Nome to Cape Woolley on the eastern edge of Alaska.
  • Woolpert has collected topographic, bathymetric, and hydrographic data in and around Alaska for decades and has an office in Wasilla.
  • "Hydrographic surveying in Alaska can be logistically challenging, and moving equipment requires a range of vehicles and aircraft," Woolpert Certified Hydrographer Dave Neff said.

The Nippon Foundation invests a further $2 million to disability inclusion collective, The Valuable 500

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Thursday, April 20, 2023
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The Nippon Foundation, the sole Global Impact Partner of The Valuable 500, have reaffirmed their commitment to disability inclusion by investing a further $2 million in 2023.

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  • The Nippon Foundation, the sole Global Impact Partner of The Valuable 500, have reaffirmed their commitment to disability inclusion by investing a further $2 million in 2023.
  • The Nippon Foundation previously made history by investing $5 million – the largest ever single investment into disability inclusion in business.
  • Valuable 500 is the largest global network of CEOs committed to disability inclusion.
  • LONDON, April 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nippon Foundation today announces an investment of a further $2 million into promoting disability inclusion and generating systemic change within business.

Back to Blue: Only a Bold and Ambitious UN Treaty Can Stem Plastic Waste Crisis

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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Peak Plastics Report from Back to Blue

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  • It also reveals that on our current trajectory countries will not reach peak plastic consumption this century: the tipping point after which plastic consumption begins to decline.
  • In March last year, 175 nations agreed to develop a legally binding global instrument to end plastic pollution: the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution.
  • Only policies at the most ambitious end of those under consideration will have a meaningful impact on a soaring plastic waste crisis, the Back to Blue research found.
  • These three policies are cited in the advance documentation for negotiators related to the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution.

Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty can stem plastic waste crisis

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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It also reveals that on our current trajectory countries will not reach peak plastic consumption this century: the tipping point after which plastic consumption begins to decline.

Key Points: 
  • It also reveals that on our current trajectory countries will not reach peak plastic consumption this century: the tipping point after which plastic consumption begins to decline.
  • In March last year, 175 nations agreed to develop a legally binding global instrument to end plastic pollution: the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution.
  • Only policies at the most ambitious end of those under consideration will have a meaningful impact on a soaring plastic waste crisis, the Back to Blue research found.
  • In the absence of a tangible impact on plastic consumption by increasing taxes, the research suggests that negotiators should consider capping plastic production.

Back to Blue Calls for Urgent Action to Tackle Ocean Acidification

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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At an event entitled " Ocean Acidification: A Crisis in the making ", hosted by Back to Blue in Tokyo, Japan, on February 2rd, chairman of The Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa, and chairman of The Economist Group Lord Deighton made opening remarks, inviting urgent action to tackle ocean acidification.

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  • At an event entitled " Ocean Acidification: A Crisis in the making ", hosted by Back to Blue in Tokyo, Japan, on February 2rd, chairman of The Nippon Foundation Yohei Sasakawa, and chairman of The Economist Group Lord Deighton made opening remarks, inviting urgent action to tackle ocean acidification.
  • Peter Thomson, UN Special Envoy for Oceans, said, "In light of the biodiversity framework adopted at the end of last year, ocean acidification is an urgent issue.
  • The publication focuses on the need to address ocean acidification and is based on insights and research provided by some of the world's leading ocean scientists.
  • The publication highlights how time is rapidly running out to avoid the worst effects of ocean acidification and the worst impacts of ocean acidification on marine life, livelihoods, and economies.

WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Has Audience with Pope Francis

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Friday, January 27, 2023
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TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on January 26, 2023, during which he requested the Pope's support in eliminating leprosy and the prejudice and discrimination associated with the disease.

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  • Pope Supports Continued Efforts Against Leprosy, Reflects on Tragedy of War
    TOKYO, Jan. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican on January 26, 2023, during which he requested the Pope's support in eliminating leprosy and the prejudice and discrimination associated with the disease.
  • During the private audience, Pope Francis, who visited the Japanese city of Nagasaki in 2019, produced a photograph taken after the atomic bombing of the city in August 1945.
  • "This one photograph will help persons affected by leprosy all over the world," he told the Pope.
  • Speaking afterward, Sasakawa commented: "It is clear how much warmth and love Pope Francis has for the oppressed.

International Symposium at the Vatican on Hansen's Disease To Focus on Theme of "Leave No One Behind"

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Friday, January 20, 2023
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The symposium is a follow-up to an International Symposium held at the same venue in 2016 titled "Towards Holistic Care for People with Hansen's Disease, Respectful of their Dignity."

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  • The symposium is a follow-up to an International Symposium held at the same venue in 2016 titled "Towards Holistic Care for People with Hansen's Disease, Respectful of their Dignity."
  • In addition, the symposium will incorporate the launch ceremony for Global Appeal 2023 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy.
  • The symposium is taking place as part of Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative's ongoing "Don't Forget Hansen's Disease" campaign, which was launched in 2021 to ensure that Hansen's disease and the needs to those it affects are not overlooked amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  • To participate in the symposium physically or virtually, please go to this webpage for further details: ( https://sasakawaleprosyinitiative.org/latest-updates/initiative-news/312... ).