Historical impact of the Seventh International Leprosy Congress
The 7th International Leprosy Congress held in Tokyo,Japan from November 12-19,1958,was the first global leprosy academic conference to be held in Asia.After the Indian government withdrew its bid to host the event,it was taken over by the Japan Leprosy Foundation and the Japan Leprosy Association.Repre-sentatives from 41 countries and regions,totaling 181 delegates,attended the conference.A total of 120 pa-pers were exchanged.The discussions were divided into six topics:bacteriology and histopathology,treatment,classification,epidemiology and control,immunology,and social issues.The conference shared progress in leprosy bacteriology,histopathology,and immunology,and reached a consensus on abolishing compulsory lep-rosy isolation policies and initiating outpatient treatment.The meeting called for increased attention to the pre-vention and rehabilitation of leprosy-related disabilities,opening up new areas in leprosy prevention and treat-ment.This academic exchange laid the foundation for the rapid development of global leprosy science that fol-lowed,changing the trajectory of global leprosy prevention and treatment,and providing valuable experience and lessons for academic societies in hosting academic conferences.It holds an important place and has a pro-found impact in the history of leprosy academic exchanges.
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