International Leprosy Congress 2019

The staff of SIHRLC Karigiri attended the International leprosy Congress 2019 at Manila, Phillipines from the 10th to the 13th of September 2019. About 12 staff’s from Schieffelin Institute presented through poster and oral presentations on various areas relating to leprosy. A total of 27 papers (both oral and posters) were presented by our staff at the conference. The congress gave the staff the opportunity to interact with scientists and researchers working in leprosy from across the globe.

Departments/ Project	Staff who Presented their Research Work	Papers
Molecular Biology	Madhusmita	Transcriptome Profiling in Drug Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium Leprae, Transcriptome Profiling in Mycobacterium Leprae Insights into Reactional states in Leprosy Molecular Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of Leprosy among case-contact pairs
Physiotherapy	Sathish Kumar Paul	Functional Adaptability of Patients with Ulnar/ Median Paralysis in Carrying out Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Basic Hand Functions Use of Mobile Technology in Leprosy Management – A Case Study, Mobile Technology (M- Health) – A Novel Approach to Facilitate And Motivate Self-Care Among the Leprosy Affected Long Term follow –up of Socio Economic Interventions in a tertiary Leprosy Hospital
Training	David Prakash Kumar	Innovative Approaches in leprosy Training: the way forward, Effectiveness of Structured teaching Programme in improving the Knoweledge, Attitude and Practices Regarding Self-Care activities of patients with leprosy Impairments, Design Customized Offloading Devices to promote healing of Plantar Ulcer, leprosy Audits: Paving Way for Adequate Documenation and Comprehensive Care for Leprosy affected Plantar Pressures measurement in Standard Offloading Devices
Directorate	Jerry	Prevention of Impairment & Disability
Ophthalmology	Shirley Chacko	Comparison of Schirmer’s I & II, T-But and Blink Rate Between leprosy and Non Leprosy
Pathology	Lakshmi Rajan	Clinical Profile of Relapse in Leprosy and Laboratory Correlation including Mouse Foot Pad inoculation and Molecular biology in a tertiary Leprosy Institution Clinico Pathological Correlation of Leprosy Reactions
Clinical Psychology	Anne Vatsala	Domestic Violence in Leprosy Affected Women and its Impact on Mental Well Being
Dermatology	Sheela	Study Comparing the Clinical profile of New Untreated Paediatric and Geriatric Patients in the Post Elimination Era Clinical Profile of New Untreated Leprosy Cases Among the Elderly
Dermatology	Ilse	Transmission of Leprosy Within Households: A 20 year Retrospective Community Data Analysis Strategy to Contain Leprosy in a Closed Knit Community – A Case Study
Community Department	Munirajulu	Changes in Socio Economic Status of Persons with leprosy and General Disability persons in Vellore district over a period of 10 years (1 Decade)
Community Department	Santhosham	Longevity of Persons With Leprosy
Social Work	Sridharan	Strategies To improve Compliance of Leprosy Affected Patients Visiting a Tertiary Leprosy Hospital