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First International Congress on Dermatological care for all “a basic human right”
Addis Ababa-Mekele (Ethiopia)
November 1 - 4, 2006
Italian Dermatological Hospital of Quihà - Tigray
Opening Session November 1 in Addis Ababa
Successive session to be continued November 2-4 in Mekelle
Sponsored by: International Society of Dermatology
Under the patronage of: Tigray Health Bureau (THB)
Italian Embassy in Addis Ababa
Social Policy and Health Promotion Department - Town of Rome-
Culture, Entertainment and Sport Department - Latium Region-
Municipality of Rome
Dear colleagues and friends, The Italian Dermatological Hospital of Quihà has the
honour to invite you to participate in the First International Congress on
“Dermatological Care for All — A Basic Human Right” in Ethiopia, organized by
“San Gallicano Institut — Department of Preventive Medicine of Migration,
Tourism and Tropical Dermatology” — Rome and the “International Institute of Medical,
Anthropological and Social Sciences” — Rome.
The Congress will be held in November 1-4, 2006.
The opening session will start November 1st, 2006 in Addis Ababa, and the successive
sessions will continue in Mekele November 2-4.
This congress will provide a great opportunity to sensitize the attention on
cutaneous pathologies in Africa and on the needs and the expectations of scientific
cooperation of this country, as well as the opportunity to interact with colleagues
from different cultures and backgrounds.
Sincerely yours, Aldo Morrone MD San Gallicano Institute — Rome.
Programme
 The Congress is aimed at providing an updating of the most important dermatological
diseases, with particular reference to epidemiology, clinical feature and therapy
of sub-Saharan African dermatoses.
The main topics will be infectious diseases of the skin, inflammatory dermatoses,
dermatooncology and focus on skin as target organ of systemic diseases.
Moreover, low cost diagnostic and therapeutic models will be shown, designed for
an early recognition and care of different dermatological diseases, STIs and
HIV/AIDS.
Scientific Programme
SPECIAL SESSION
1. Migration and health
2. Migration and infectious diseases
3. Migration and dermatology
4. Health and human rights
HIV/AIDS AND OTHER STIS
1. Worldwide look at HIV/AIDS and other STIs
2. STIs and AIDS
3. HIV Infection and Kaposi’s sarcoma
4. Vulvar pathologies non STs
5. Clinical quiz and discussion
COMMUNITY DERMATOLOGY
1. Public health in dermatology
2. Community dermatology
3. Globalization and dermatology
ECZEMA/DERMATITIS
1. Parasites and eczema
2. Intertrigo
LEPROSY
1. Transmission of leprosy
2. Clinical aspects of leprosy
3. Prevention of disabilities and rehabilitation in leprosy
SKIN AND APPENDICES
1. Bullous diseases
2. Pemphigus foliaceus
3. Disorders of hair growth in black skin
4. Pathogenetic aspects of systemic scleroderma
INFECTIONS AND INFESTATIONS
1. Bacteria and viral infections
2. Cutaneous leishmaniosis
3. Adverse cutaneous drug reactions in virus infected persons
MISCELLANY
Scientific Committee
To be confirmed
Torello Lotti
Henning Grossmann
Coleman Jacobson
Terence Ryan
Mohamed Amer
Uwe Wollina
Dagnachew Shibeshi
Mengistu Hiletework
Solomon Beyene
Call for Abstracts
Dead Line: July 2006
http://www.skinonthemove.org/
For registration, further details on hotel accomodation and tourist information visit
the website: http://www.skinonthemove.org/
Contact
Prof. Aldo Morrone
Director of Department of Preventive Medicine of Migration,
Tourism and Tropical Dermatology—San Gallicano Institute
IRCSS, Rome
Phone ++39 6 5854 3780 Fax ++39 6 5854 3782
Organizing Secretariat
Mrs. Loredana Bonazzoli
International Society of Dermatology
138 Palm Cost Parkway NE n. 333
Palm Coast, FL 32137—USA
http://www.intsocdermatol.org/
San Gallicano Institute—IRCCS, Rome
Dep. of Preventive Medicine of Migration, Tourism and Tropical Dermatology
Via di San Gallicano, 25A—Rome , Italy
http://www.ifo.it/
IISMAS – International Institute of Medical, Anthropological and Social Sciences—Rome
www.iismas.it
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