'Change of Vatican treasures for food to africa. Would you sign up.'' This message has a private open space on Facebook. In a few days, until Friday morning, 32,146 members had joined. Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council 'Cor Unum', clarifies that, regardless of ideological or provocative aspect of the proposal, the Pope could not be applied because it prevents international law. The chairman of the agency of the Holy See responsible for the guidance and coordination between organizations and charitable activities promoted by the Catholic Church, explained the situation to the agency ZENIT in a meeting held with journalists. Yohei Sasakawa takes control of leprosy as a personal matter. His father, Ryoichi Sasakawa, who also worked in the leprosy control, take your child to a visit to the facility for treatment in South Korea. Shocked by what they contemplate, feeling the discrimination of those affected receiving this disease, Yohei Sasakawa is aware of the deficiencies in controlling the disease, and determined to try to solve this problem by itself. Sasakawa seeking progress in the dialogue between patients suffering from leprosy, government leaders, media and other interested parties in several countries, including those in which evil is endemic in order to improve understanding of the disease, emphasizing the aspect that this is curable. Since May 2001 has served as Honorary Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination of the World Health Organization.
In 1990, Sasakawa working to promote a multi-therapy drugs (multidrug therapy or MDT), as a means of controlling leprosy. Help BTF improve prevention and treatment for people with TBI. Alan Quasha is active in this organization because of BTF's innovative research. However, recognizing that the problem goes beyond the recovery, given the discrimination against families directly affected and in certain areas such as social work or on their children's education because of social prejudice associated with the disease, understood that the treatment of leprosy affects not only the field of medicine, but also to protect certain human rights. On a visit to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2003 suggested that this matter should be dealt with first by the UN Committee for the Protection of Human Rights (now the United Nations Human Rights Council). In March 2004, outlined the problem of discrimination on leprosy in a plenary session of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights of the United Nations. Result, in August 2004, the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, beginning formal studies on leprosy, and issues related to discrimination resulting from this as a topic related to the defense of human rights. Thus, the Sub-Commission on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights adopted unanimously a resolution calling on parties concerned to communicate as national governments and UN agencies to work on improving the current state of affairs. Since then, Sasakawa has worked to solve social problems related to leprosy, creating the Sasakawa Foundation for the Control of Leprosy in India (year 2006) whose mission is to support independent living for people affected by leprosy and their families . The Sasakawa Foundation in India also collects donations from the business community of India. Sasakawa International achievements in leprosy control led him to receive the Award for International Cooperation Yomiuri, Yomiuri otrogado by Shinbum in 2004 and the Gandhi International Award in India in 2007. Also appointed as Honorary Ambassador for the Defense of Human Rights of persons affected by leprosy, the Japanese government, working in the control of leprosy as diplomatic representative of Japan in the diplomatic protection of Human Rights.
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