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The World Leprosy Committee of the International Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled commissioned Browne to investigate the possible establishment of a centre in Africa. ALERT opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1965.

Browne, Stanley George, CMG, OBE, MD, FRCS, FRCP, DTM (1907-1986)

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Correspondence, minutes, reports and photographs on ALERT (All-Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Centre)

Pamphlets on Leprosy

Missionary work amongst lepers (includes handbook of the International Conference of Christian Medical Students, Indonesia, 1985)

Fred Zinneman's The Nun's Story, filmed at Yalisombo Leprosarium in 1958: articles by Mali (Marion) Browne, with correspondence

BBC radio broadcasts by Browne and others on leprosy and the Congo: texts and correspondence

Statistics on the geographical distribution of leprosy, 1960-1966, n.d. With articles on leprosy treatment and control, 1978

Miscellaneous unpublished and published material by Browne and other others, including: Correspondence and draft text for Browne's article 'Leprosy Undefeated', submitted to The Lancet, 1965, Society of Health of Nigeria Congress Report (3rd National Congress, Nsukka, Nigeria), 1965

The role of medical auxiliaries and nurses: correspondence, 1966-1985, and reprints and reports, 1964-1978

Correspondence, notes and publications on differential diagnosis of leprosy and leprosy in children

Correspondence on Browne's involvement with various national and international organisations, including: The Leprosy Mission; Leprosy Trust Board; The Missionary School of Medicine, London; The Salvation Army; World Health Organization

Correspondence regarding Leprosy in Theory and Practice (3rd edition)

Notes for lectures to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and to other institutions, 1960s

History of leprosy: articles, book reviews and correspondence

Partners: magazine for paramedical workers in leprosy (published by The Leprosy Mission)

Programme for visit to Britain by the Deputy Minister of Health of the Yemen Arab Republic (includes visit to Leprosy Study Centre)

Correspondence with the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia, concerning Lepromin antigen

Correspondence with Dr Luis N Gomez of E1 Paso, Texas, USA, concerning leprosy work in Saudi Arabia

Miscellaneous publications and extracts, including Kusht Vinashak (monthly news bulletin of the Indian Leprosy Association), May 1982, and article by Browne entitled 'Nerves in H(ansen's) D(isease)' from The Star, Mar-Apr, 1981

Diagnosis of Hansen's Disease: correspondence on and copies of Browne's articles in The Star, 1982-1985, and the International Journal of Dermatology, 1985

Correspondence with Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC), with sample TALC slide packs entitled Breast Feeding, Common Skin Diseases in Children in the Tropics, and Skin Diseases in Children in Temperature Climes

Multi drug therapy for leprosy (published by Indian Association of Leprologists): leaflet outlining steps in treatment

Correspondence with the US Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington DC, on leprosy in infants

12 World Medical Association ethical documents on, inter alia, 'Recommendations concerning medical care in rural areas' and 'Regulations in time of armed conflict'

Reports of meetings of the Council for International Organisations of Medical Sciences

Correspondence on obituaries and memorial services for Revd. Dr T Frank Davey, co-editor of Leprosy in Theory and Practice, and Dr William A R Thomson, medical consultant to The Daily Telegraph

Correspondence with Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on leprosy in pregnancy

'Single Skin Lesion in Lepromatous Leprosy': copies of and extracts from The Star

Wellcome Museum of Medical Science: correspondence, notes, draft text etc. for Browne's revision of the Museum's leprosy panels, with slides of the panels before revision, and packs of slides on leprosy produced by the Royal College of General Practitioners Medical Recording Service

Correspondence and notes for the Leprosy Session of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's Diploma in Community Health

Correspondence, minutes, reports and photographs on ALERT (All-Africa Leprosy and Rehabilitation Training Centre)

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