INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE & COOPERATION

The Center has sent more than 60 groups consisting of more than 120 person-times of scientific staff to other countries for professional training and academic exchange, and received more than 50 delegations of WHO officers and experts and visitors from more than 30 countries for study visits and academic exchanges. Through coordination of multi-sectors including the Center, leprosy control programme in China has benefited from the supports of WHO, the Belgium Government and other many non-government organizations (NGOs) such as the Leprosy Mission International (TLMI), the Sasakawa Memorial Health Foundation (SMHF), the Damien Foundation Belgium (DFB), the Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR), and the NGOs in Italy, Korea, France, Spain, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province. Based on the international exchange and cooperation, the best practice, and updated technology and expertise has been timely introduced into the country and adapted into the local situation, resulting in an improvement of the capacity in leprosy control in China.

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