My Struggle Against Leprosy
- ISBN-10
- 4991086604
- ISBN-13
- 9784991086601
- Category
- Leprosy
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Author
- Yōhei Sasakawa
Description
"Yohei Sasakawa's introductory pages to more than 90 issues of the WHO Goodwill Ambassador's Newsletter for the Elimination of Leprosy ... and 20 articles on anti-leprosy themes that Sasakawa issued through the HuffPost"--Publisher's description.
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