Buruli ulcer

Endemic countries

Contact information for actively reporting countries

Benin

Contact person: 

Dr Jean Gabin Houézo

Programme national de Lutte contre l’Ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé 

E mail: jghouezo@yahoo.fr; Tel: +229 33 1827


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Cameroon

Contact person: 

Dr Earnest Njih Tabah

National Leprosy, Buruli Ulcer, Yaws and Leishmaniasis Control Programme, Disease, Epidemics and Pandemics Control, Ministry of Public Health 

E-mail : enjih2000@gmail.com; Tel : +237 405 68 74

 

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Central African Republic

Contact person: 

Dr Bernard Boua

Lutte contre les Maladies Tropicales Négligées et les Maladies Non Transmissibles, Ministère de la Santé et de la Population

Email: bernard.boua@gmail.com; Tel: +236 75 50 46 37


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Côte d'Ivoire

Contact person: 

Professor Mamadou Kaloga
Programme national de lutte contre l'ulcère de Buruli, Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique

E-mail: kaloganas@yahoo.fr; Tel: +225 07 84 56 45


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Congo

Contact information: 

Dr Axel Julius Aloumba
Programme national de lutte contre la lèpre, Direction des maladies transmissibles et du VIH/Sida, Direction Générale de l'épidémiologie et de la lutte contre les maladies

E-mail: axel.aloumba@gmail.com; Tel: +242 066 79 59 51

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Contact person: 

Dr Delphin Phanzu Mavinga
Centre de Recherche en Santé de Kimpese, Institut Médical Evangélique (IME)/Kimpese

E-mail: dmavingaphanzu@yahoo.fr; Tel: +243 81 948 14 10

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Gabon

Contact person:

Dr Annick Mondjo
Programme de lutte contre les maladies infectieuses, Ministère de la Santé
E-mail: annickmondjo@gmail.com; Tel: +241.06.27.84.66

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Ghana

Contact person: 

Dr Nana Konama Kotey
National Buruli Ulcer Control & National Yaws Eradication Programme, Disease Control, Ghana Health Service
E-mail: nanakonama@gmail.com; Tel: + 233 20 798 0341

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Guinea

Contact person: 

Dr Mariama Kesso Bah
Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique

E-mail: ykesso@yahoo.fr; Tel: +224 622 12 79 65

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Liberia

Contact person: 

Mr Emerson Jandah Rogers
Neglected Tropical and Non Communicable Diseases Program, Case Management, Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, Ministry of Health

E-mail: emersonrogers71@gmail.com; Tel: +231-777125539

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Nigeria

Contact person: 

Mr Peters Idowu Adebayo
Department of Public Health, National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli ulcer Control Programme, Federal Ministry of Health
E-mail: pibinvest@yahoo.com; Tel: +234-8036256424

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Sierra Leone

Contact person: 

Dr Ibrahim Kargbo-Labou
Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Programme, Disease Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health and Sanitation
E-mail : Kargbolabour@gmail.com; Tel : +232 78317788

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South Sudan

Contact person: 

Dr Godwin Ohisa

National TB, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme, Ministry of Health

Email: ssntpdirector@gmail.com; Tel : +211912592387


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Togo

Contact person: 

Dr Kwamy Togbey

Programme National des Maladies Tropicales Négligées, Ministère de la Santé et de l'Hygiène Publique | 

Email: ktogbey@outlook.com;  Tel: +228 90 03 04 91 

 

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French Guiana

Contact person: 

Professor Pierre Couppié
Service de Dermatologie, Centre Hospitalier Général de Cayenne

E-mail: pierre.couppie@orange.fr; Tel: +594 594 39 53 59

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Australia

Contact person: 

Professor Paul Johnson
Infectious Diseases Department, Austin Health & University of Melbourne

E mail: paul.johnson@austin.org.au; Tel: +61 438324913

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Japan

Contact person: 

Professor Norihisa Ishii
Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
E-mail: norishii@nih.go.jp; Tel: +81 42 202 6003

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Papua New Guinea

Contact person: 

Ms Wendy Houinei
Department of Health, Ministry of Health

E-mail: wendy_houinei@health.gov.pg; whounei7@gmail.com; Tel: +675 301 3732

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