Since 2006, at the initiative of Mr.Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, an annual Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy has been delivered.This appeal has been an attempt, both to raise public awareness through the media, and to draw in the support of world leaders, representatives of people affected by leprosy, and organizations concerned with human rights in general.

GLOBAL APPEAL 2012 (PDF File, 771KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2011 (PDF File, 751KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2010 (PDF File, 527KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2009 (PDF File, 601KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2008 (PDF File, 92KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2007 (PDF File, 132KB)
GLOBAL APPEAL 2006 (PDF File, 93KB)

Voices of people who have overcome the challenge of leprosy - their despair, their challenge, their hope and victory. (18x18cm, 24pages)

The Nippon Foundation Library -- Voices from the Heart

A pictorial manual to assist frontline health workers and health volunteers to know the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy. Produced in 7 languages - English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Nepalese, Hindi, Indonesian

The Nippon Foundation Library -- A New Atlas of Leprosy

A booklet to introduce workcamps by student volunteers at leprosy villages in China, a unique approach that has brought changes to the lives of the people living in leprosy villages, to the participating student volunteers, to the people living near the villages, and to the wider community.

HOPE (PDF File, 2.04MB)

Act No. 82 of June 18, issued in 2008
The Act is designed to promote welfare and restore honor of people affected by hansen disease in Japan

Act on Promotion of Resolution of Hansen's Disease Issues (PDF File, 52KB)

Chernobyl: A Decade (Excerpta Medica: International Congress Series 1156), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2002
This is a summary of the first five years of Chernobyl Sasakawa Health and Medical Cooperation Project, in the form of the proceedings of the Fifth Chernobyl Sasakawa Medical Cooperation symposium held in Kiev, Ukraine in 1996. One of its appendixes is comprised of detailed statistical tables of the results of health examinations of the children in five cities/regions in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.

Chernobyl A Decade (PDF File, 17.5MB)

Chernobyl: Message for the 21st Century (Excerpta Medica: International Congress Series 1234), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1997
Proceedings of the Sixth Chernobyl Sasakawa Medical Cooperation Symposium held in Moscow, Russia in 2001. It reports not only the 5 centers activities after the first five-year project, but also several international collaboration activities born from the Chernobyl Sasakawa project.

Chernobyl: Message for the 21st Century (PDF File, 18.0MB)