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Fourth International Congress on Dermatological Care for All "Awareness and ResponsAbility" - Abstract Book 2010

ContentsPrevalence and risk factors of wheeze and eczema in one year old children: the Butajira Birth Cohort, Ethiopia, by Y. Belyhun, A. Amberbir, G. Medhin, B. Erko, C. Hanlon, A. Venn, J. Britton, G. DaveyMedical anthropology and Global Health: Human rights in the context of a public health i...

Third International Congress on Dermatological Care for All "Common Diseases for Neglected People" - Abstract book

Sandro Accorsi, Workalemahu Alemu, Robel Assefa, Matteo Baraldo, Tebebe Y.Berhan, Mohammed Beyan, Fuad Temam, Yeshambel Belyhun, Kassahun D Bilcha, Shimelis Doni, Claire Fuller, Giuseppe Gaido, Christoph Geilen, Henning Grossman, Mengistu Hiletework, Alireza Kathami, Sidney Klaus, Adane Koster,...

SKIN BLEACHING AGENTS IN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL MARKET. THE USE OF SOME DEPIGMENTING COSMETICS OUT OF THE RULE, ILLEGALLY IMPORTED AND CONSUMED IN ITALY FROM FOREIGN PEOPLE

Morrone A. 9th ISCD International CongressWellness and Beauty outside in: East & West working togetherRome, 21-23 October 2009 Aldo Morrone MD: Director General- National Institute for the promotion of Migrants' health and the control of Poverty-related diseases – NIMHP- Rome, ItalyThe bleaching...

GLOBAL WARMING AND POVERTY RELATED SKIN DISEASES

Morrone A. 18th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyBerlin, 7-11 October 2009 During the past century, global surface temperatures have increased 0.6°C per century (1.1°F per century); this trend is today 3 times higher than 1976. Human activity, particularly the burni...

TROPICAL DERMATOLOGY: AN EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA

Morrone A. 18th Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyBerlin, 7-11 October 2009 Tropical dermatology used to be known as colonial dermatology, which has more of a cultural rather than geographical significance. Today, this terminology underlines the tie between this disc...

EFFICACY OF ENTECAVIR AS RESCUE THERAPY IN LAMIVUDINE-RESISTANT PATIENTS WITH HBV LIVER CIRRHOSIS AND WAITING FOR ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Pelliccelli A., Barbaro G., Barbarini G., Romano M., Villani R., Nosotti L., Paffetti A., Picardi A., Vespasiani Gentilucci U., Bonaventura M. E., Furlan C., Morrone A., Soccorsi F. 7th SIMIT National CongressBergamo, 19-22 November 2008 IntroductionThe main endpoint of pre-OLT antiviral treatme...

HIV/HCV CO-INFECTIONS AMONG PATIENTS AT RISK FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STI)

Nosotti L., Latini A., Giuliani M., Pimpinelli F., Battista M., Trincone S., Impara G., Sindico S., Morrone A., Palamara G. 7th SIMIT National CongressBergamo, 19-22 November 2008 IntroductionOne third of the estimated 40 million people infected with HIV-1 worldwide, suffers from chronic hepatit...

CAREGIVER AND TRANS-CULTURAL ILLNESS

A. Morrone, A. Sannella Antea Worldwide "Palliative Care Conference"Rome, 12-14 November 2008 In preceding ages sufferance was a daily experience and ill persons were cared for within their family or the community the belonged to. With the present development of the technique the patient, and ab...

LICHEN ON DARK SKIN

Calcaterra R., Franco G., Padovese V., Terranova M., Morrone A. 17th CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGYParis, 17-21 September 2008 TT02.123 LICHEN ON DARK SKINR. Calcaterra1, G. Franco2, V. Padovese3, M. Terranova3, A. Morrone41Department of Research, National Instit...

TROPICAL DISEASES OR POVERTY RELATED DISEASES?

Morrone A. 17th CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGYParis, 17-21 September 2008 W07.7 TROPICAL DISEASES OR POVERTY-RELATED DISEAES?A. Morrone11Director General, National Institute for Health Migration and Poverty, Rome, Italy Aims. Skin diseases have only recently been...

ONCHOCERCIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Padovese V., Terranova M., Calcaterra R., Franco G., Morrone A. 17th CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGYParis, 17-21 September 2008 FP0526 ONCHOCERCIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIAV. Padovese1, M. Terranova1, R. Calcaterra2, G. Franco3, A. Morrone4 1Italian Dermatological Ce...

CUTANEOS TUBERCOLOSIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Terranova M., Padovese V., Calcaterra R., Franco G., Morrone A. 17th CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGYParis, 17-21 September 2008 FP0131 CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIAM. Terranova1, V. Padovese1, R. Calcaterra2, G. Franco3, A. Morrone4 1Italian Dermatolo...

ACNE VULGARIS IN SKIN OF COLOR

R. Calcaterra, G. Franco, M. Valenzano, R. Fazio, A. Morrone 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "SEBACEOUS GLAND, ACNE ROSACEA AND RELATED DISORDERS-BASIC AND CLINICAL RESEARCH, CLINICAL ENTITIES AND TREATMENT"Roma, 13-16 Settembre 2008 Objective: Acne vulgaris is a disease commonly occurring in perso...

ASYLUM SEEKERS: SKIN AND TORTURE

Morrone A., Franco G., Toma L., D’Arca T., Tumiati C., Latini O. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BACKGROUNDThe torture is a social and political issue more and more prominent in the society. It may be considered a public health emergency, because u...

AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASES AMONG IMMIGRANT PATIENTS

Morrone A., Calcaterra R., Franco G., Carducci M. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007BACKGROUNDDuring the last years, the tropical dermatological diseases in the immigrants have represented the most challenging emergency for dermatologist and scientific c...

CUTANEOUS TUBERCOLOSIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, September 30 – October 5 2007 Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is still a serious problem in both developing and developed countries and his resurgence in the era of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has rejuvena...

DERMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HIV INFECTION OUR EXPERIENCE IN ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, September 30 – October 5 2007 BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa, has the highest incidence of HIVAIDS infection in the world.Lack of access to necessary antiretroviral therapy leads to the increased presence of advan...

EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF DISSEMINATED NOCARDIOSIS DURING IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT FOR PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS

Morrone A., Calcaterra R., Nosotti L., Mussi A., Bonifati C., Franco G., Carducci M. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundPemphigus vulgaris is a rare and serious autoimmune disease whose treatment is based on the use of corticosteroids and other...

ETHNODERMATOLOGY

Morrone A., Franco G., Valenzano MC., Fazio R. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BACKGROUNDDuring the last years, the increase of the Human Mobile Population, people that migrate from a country to another, for several reasons (employment, policy, touris...

LEISHMANIASIS AND HIV INFECTION IN TIGRAY

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V., Latini O. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundLeishmaniasis is a parasitic disease widely distributed throughout the world and considered to be endemic in 88 countries: 72 of which are developing countries....

LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundLymphatic filariasis (LF) represents a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It causes permanent disability worldwide. It affects a...

MALNUTRITION AND SKIN

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V., Scardella P. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundMalnutrition is defined as the inadequate intake of protein, energy, and micronutrients. Here, we report on our work in Ethiopia at the Italian Dermatologica...

MELANOMA AND NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundSkin cancer in dark-skinned African people is believed to be infrequent, but there are very little data available concerning the actual prevalence and incidence of non-mel...

ONCHOCERCIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., Terranova M., Padovese V. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundOnchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is an important cause of dermatitis and visual impairment, affecting about 18 million of people in Africa and Latin Amer...

PARANEOPLASTIC RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON WITH DIGITAL NECROSIS

Morrone A., Calcaterra R., Mussi A., Franco G., Carducci M. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundParaneoplastic Raynaud’s phenomenon associated with digital necrosis is a rare condition of ischaemic origin. It represents an unusual manifestation...

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