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TROPICAL DISEASES IN AN ITALIAN OUTPATIENT CLINIC

Morrone A., Franco G., Valenzano MC., Fazio R., Terranova M., Padovese V., Calcaterra R., Latini O. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundImmigration has become an important factor in health and global social development. The World Health Organiza...

XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: SIX CASES OBSERVED IN ETHIOPIA

Morrone A., De Vita R., Amantea A., Terranova M., Padovese V., Catricalà C. 21° WORLD CONGRESS OF DERMATOLOGYBuenos Aires, 30 September – 5 October 2007 BackgroundXeroderma Pigmentosum is a hereditary disorder affecting the mechanisms that regulate DNA repair, and can cause an increase in the de...

THE ITALIAN AND ETHIOPIAN ACTIVITIES OF THE SAN GALLICANO SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE

Morrone A. HEALTH AND MIGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: BETTER HEALTH FOR ALL IN AN INCLUSIVE SOCIETYLisbon, 27-27 September 2007

CONTACT DERMATITIS AT THE ITALIAN DERMATOLOGICAL CENTRE, MEKELE, ETHIOPIA

Cristaudo A., Padovese V., Terranova M., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November 2006 IntroductionAllergic and infectious diseases are the major skin problems among people in Developing Countries (DC). Manifestations of contact allergy are more diffi...

DERMATOLOGY AND HUMAN MOBILE POPULATION: AN EXPERIENCE BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ITALY

Cristaudo A., Padovese V., Terranova M., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 IntroductionMigration has been going on throughout the history of mankind, from the moment of man’s first appearance on this earth to the present day, and has comp...

EPILEPSY IN CEREBRAL MALARIA

Pietrangeli A., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 IntroductionMalaria is the most important of the parasitic diseases of humans. Plasmodium falciparum causes nearly all the deaths and neurological complications. Cerebral malaria (CM), is...

LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Terranova M., Padovese V., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 Background: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) represents a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. It causes permanent disability worldwide.It affe...

MELANOMA AND NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN ETHIOPIA

Padovese V., Terranova M., Morrone. A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 Introduction: Skin cancer in dark-skinned African people is believed to be infrequent, but there are very little data available concerning the actual prevalence and incidence o...

ONCHOCERCIASIS IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Terranova M., Padovese V., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 Background: Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is an important cause of dermatitis and visual impairment, affecting about 18 million of people in Africa and Lati...

SKIN LESIONS IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS, OUR EXPERIENCE IN TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA

Terranova M., Padovese V., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, November 1-4, 2006 Background: Sub-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...

SKIN AND HEALTH: AN OPERATIONAL RESEARCH IN TIGRAY (ETHIOPIA)

Morrone A., Padovese V., Terranova M., Cosulich A., Gardellin A., Estifanos K., Hagos T., Tsegay Y., Barnabas G. A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 Background: Sub-Saharan Africa, has the highest incidence of HIVAIDS infection in the world.Lack of...

XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM: TWO FAMILIAR CASES OBSERVED IN THE ITALIAN DERMATOLOGICAL CENTRE (IDC) OF MEKELE, ETHIOPIA

Padovese V., Catricalà C., De Vita R., Carducci M., Trincone S., Terranova M., Morrone A. Dermatological care for all “A basic human right”Addis Abeba, 1-4 November, 2006 Introduction: Xeroderma Pigmentosum is a hereditary disorder affecting the mechanisms that regulate DNA repair, and can cause...

AT THE MEDITERRANEAN TABLE: ONE DIET, MANY COLTURES. A PROJECT FOR THE SCHOOLS

Scardella P., Morrone A., Piombo L., Spada R., Del Balzo V. VI Barcellona International Congress on the Mediterranean DietBarcelona, 8-9 March 2006 Some peoples are more than others particularly lucky with food, especially those living in the Mediterranean area. Nutritionists worldwide identifie...

TRADITIONAL ITALIAN PIZZA, AN INTERCULTURAL FOOD FOR IMMIGRANTS

Scardella P., Piombo L., Spada R., Carico R., Mogavero C., Iorio E.L. 2nd International Conference on Traditional Mediterranean Diets: Past, Present and FutureAthens, 20-22 April 2005 Every culture is the result of the interaction between different traditions and experiences. Also eating habits...

DERMATOLOGY, MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Aldo MorroneIX International Congress of Dermatology, Beijing, 19-22 maggio 2004. p. 116-117 People are increasingly on the move for political, humanitarian, economic and environmental reasons. This population mobility has health and human rights implications both for migrants and for those they...

HEALTHY SKIN FOR ALL. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES

Morrone A., Toma L., Nosotti L., Franco G., Latini O., Fornari U., Scardella P., Tumiati M C. Acts of the 8th Consensus Conference on Immigration and 6th SIMM National Congress, Lampedusa, 5-8 May 2004, p. 507-518 In 2003 the kind of population called Human Mobile Population (HMP), which include...

The Italian NFP working group and collaborators

Camoni L., Colucci A., Covre P., D'Agostini A., Frati R., Gallo P., Geraci S., Luzi AM., Mayer R., Morrone A., Paradiso R., Petrosillo N., Rosa E., Spinelli A., Spizzichino L., Valli R., Volpicelli S. “ Italy” in Access to Care: Privilege or Right? Migration and HIV Vulnerability in Europe, Eds...

TRADITIONAL MEDITERRANEAN DIET: ONE DIET, MANY COLTURES

Scardella P., Piombo L., Spada R., Carico R., Morrone A. 1st International Conference on Traditional Mediterranean Diets: Past Present and FutureAthens, 21-23 April 2004In the history of mankind, “getting together” while eating has been fundamental, with not only a material but also a symbolic v...

GYPSIES' HEALTH IN ROME, ITALY

L. NOSOTTI, G. FRANCO, L. TOMA, O. LATINI, A. MORRONETRAVEL & SAFETY, 4th Conference on Travel Medicine. CNR, Rome, 29-31 march 2004, p. 173 About 4000-5000 gypsies live in Rome, divided in 50 communities.The objective of our study is to individuate diseases at higher prevalence in gypsies' comm...

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