We are happy to announce that Godelieve van Heteren has agreed to join the Board of Innovia. Godelieve has taught the history of medicine, has been a member of the Dutch Parliament, and has worked at a senior level in a development-related NGO. There’ll be more about her in a future Newsletter.

Beatriz Miranda’s Working Paper on ‘Leprosy and Stigma’ , commissioned by the Dutch Leprosy Foundation, has now been completed and submitted.

It is available via the following link: Report on leprosy and stigma

In June Innovia signed a collaboration agreement with the University of Otavalo, in Ecuador. Innovia will assist the University in developing a new Master’s programme in the field of health management, with specializations in disability and in intercultural health. More information about this agreement is to be found in Innovia Newsletter number 10 (September 2009).

The Reader on Disability and Society, commissioned by the Thai Programme for Health Promotion for People with Disabilities, and edited by Renu Addlakha, Stuart Blume, Patrick Devlieger, Osamu Nagase and Myriam Winance on behalf of Innovia, is now available.

Published by Orient Blackswan in India (www.orientlongman.com ) it costs 695 Indian rupees and has ISBN number 978 81 250 3686 9

The book’s cover, including the list of contributors, can be viewed here disabilities and society