The Last and Longest Mile: (Record no. 14991)

MARC details
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field BDCtgAUW
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781787383401
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency BDCtgAUW
Transcribing agency BDCtgAUW
Modifying agency BDCtgAUW
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number HV3007TAK
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Takayama, Fumihiko
Relator term Author
9 (RLIN) 78544
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Last and Longest Mile:
Remainder of title Yohei Sasakawa's Struggle to Eliminate Leprosy
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Hurst & Company,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 405 pages;
Dimensions 24 cm
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book offers a compelling account of the two-pronged fight against both leprosy and the discrimination that comes with it. Leprosy is generally weak against the immune system, yet it persists in populations with inadequate nutrition and weak resistance, due to poverty or lack of disease control measures. Thus the battle against leprosy has involved a highly effective multidrug therapy, and getting it to communities in need.<br/><br/>The Last and Longest Mile tells the story of the WHO's offering of this cure, free of charge across the world, in 1995-9, through vital funding from the Nippon Foundation; and of how the Foundation has continued pursuing elimination of leprosy in the years since. Yohei Sasakawa, the organisation's chairman, has personally travelled the world to lead the struggle against the disease, and particularly to combat discrimination against leprosy patients or ex-patients and their families--an effort that has lagged behind the campaign to eradicate the disease itself.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Miller, Waku
Relator term Translator
9 (RLIN) 78545
887 ## - NON-MARC INFORMATION FIELD
Source of data 8
Content of non-MARC field Papia Akter
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Koha item type Books
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Holdings
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    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Asian University for Women Library Asian University for Women Library Japanese Corner 02/09/2025 The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research   HV3007TAK 033023 05/11/2025 05/11/2025 Books