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International
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The International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) is a non profit organization made up of psoriasis associations from around the world.
IFPA unites psoriasis associations so that their global campaign for improved medical care, greater public understanding and increased research will improve the lives of people who live with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and explore the challenges psoriasis presents to the international psoriasis community.
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World Psoriasis Day 29 October. IFPA, the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations and a global consortium of patient associations from all over the world have come together and this day has officially been declared World Psoriasis Day.
Its purpose? To act as a focus for people - awareness of psoriasis and to give these people the attention and consideration they deserve.
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EUROPSO was founded in November 1988 and is a federation of psoriasis patients’ associations based in the geographic region of Europe. As an umbrella organisation operating within Europe, we have close ties to the worldwide psoriasis movements – the International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA), the United States-based National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) and to the Nordic Psoriasis alliance (NORDPSO).
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Psonet is a network of independent European registries of patients suffering from psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis and being treated by systemic agents. The final aim is to improve knowledge concerning prognostic factors and clinical outcome, offering psoriatic patients the best possible treatment.
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2008/08/07News from patients associations
Deutscher Psoriasis Bund e. V. now on Psoriasis-international.org !
Deutscher Psoriasis Bund e. V. (German Psoriasis Association)
The German Psoriasis Association was established in 1973. Today we have more than 7.000 members. In 35 regional groups, teams of volunteers organize meetings and lectures and help (...)
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2008/08/04Events
Planned activities for World Psoriasis Day 2008 in Czech Republic
This year Czech dermatovenereologists are performing two major meetings celebrating the World Psoriasis Day (WPD).
The first one will take place on October 23 in Prague: at 1 PM a press conferrence with Prof. Petr Arenberger and two other (...)
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2008/08/04News from the web office
New book on the history of Psoriasis released!
Arsenic to biologicals – How did we get here?
The only book tracking the developments in the treatment of psoriasis, From Arsenic to Biologicals: A 200 year History of Psoriasis takes the reader from the prescribed poisons of the 19th (...)
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2008/07/31Events
Second Scientific Meeting of the French Psoriasis Group
To inaugurate in France the 2008 World Psoriasis Day’s celebrations, the French Psoriasis Group will held its Second Scientific Meeting on October 23 at Musée des Moulages - Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris, France.
This meeting focus on three main (...)
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2008/07/29News from the web office
Consensus & Controversies is now online!
"Psoriasis: consensus & controversies" is a forum between psoriasis experts from all around the world. The main goal is to build a multi-opinion document highlighting the different therapeutic strategies in the world. This approach allows to (...)
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2008/07/11News from medical groups
Japan, newest country in the Psoriasis International Network
In order to promote the research and clinical study of Japanese psoriasis patients, the Japanese Society for Psoriasis Research was founded in 1991 and counts now with some 600 active members.
The Japanese Society holds once a year an annual (...)
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2008/07/11News from patients associations
Mexico patients association - AMCPSO joins Psoriasis International
The Asociación Mexicana contra la psoriasis (AMCPSO) was created in 2003 by patients with psoriasis and their relatives with the purpose of helping each other with the burden of the illness and improve their quality of life.
In AMCPSO’s website (...)
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2008/07/10News from medical groups
FIRST HUNGARIAN NATIONAL PSORIASIS CONVENTION AND OPEN DAY
FIRST NATIONAL PSORIASIS CONVENTION AND OPEN DAY (31ST MAY 2008 SZEGED, HUNGARY) - SUMMARY -
The Psoriasis Club of Szeged (Hungary) composed and published a proclamation on occassion of the „World Psoriasis Day 2007”, that declared, that the (...)
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2008/07/04News from medical groups
The Psoriasis Society of Israel - new member of Psoriasis International Network!
Created in 2008, the Psoriasis Society of Israel is a newly developed group composed of dermatologists from several medical centers in Israel whose clinical and research field of interest is psoriasis.
The aim of the group is to enrich the (...)
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2008/07/04News from medical groups
THE PSOCARE PROJECT IN ITALY 2005-2007
The Psocare project has been developed within the Italian National Health System as a nationwide outcome study of patients receiving for the first time in their life a new systemic treatment for psoriasis [1]. The main objectives are the (...)
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2008/06/25News from patients associations
A.DI.PSO Italy is now member of the Psoriasis International network
A.DI.PSO. (Association for the Defence of Psoriasis Patients) was founded in November, 1989, with the aim of providing positive assistance to people affected by psoriasis.
The main objective of A.DI.PSO. has always been to increase public (...)
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2008/06/25Events
5th International Congress "Psoriasis - From Gene to Clinic"
The 5th International Congress "Psoriasis - From Gente to Clinic" will take place at The Royal College of Physicians, in London, UK. The Congress will be held from 4th-6th December, 2008.
It is organised by the British Association of (...)
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2008/06/25News from patients associations
The Indonesian Psoriasis Care Foudantion joins Psoriasis International
The Indonesian Psoriasis Care Foundation or Yayasan Peduli Psoriasis Indonesia (YPPI) is a non-profit organization, founded in 2006 by some psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis patients. In 2004, some of the 400 current members were involved in (...)
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2008/06/16Events
“XIIIth COSMODERM – Joint Meeting of ESCAD and the Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology”
The XIIIth COSMODERM – Joint Meeting of ESCAD and the Hellenic Society of Dermatology and Venereology will be held on 12-14 December 2008 in Athens, Greece, under the patronage of the European Society for Cosmetic and Aesthetic Dermatology. (...)
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2008/06/12News from patients associations
Psoriasis Association Malta on Psoriasis-international.org
Created in 2004, the Psoriasis Association Malta is a non-profit organization managed by volunteers. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis sufferers through education, information and increased (...)
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2008/06/10News from medical groups
Saudi Arabia, new partner country of the Psoriasis International Network
Created in 2008, the Saudi Psoriasis Group is a newly developed group whose main concern is psoriasis, and that has decided to join the International Psoriasis Network. It welcomes any physician interested in psoriasis to join the group and (...)
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2008/06/10News from patients associations
Psoriasis Australia Inc, a new partner association in the network Psoriasis International
Psoriasis Australia Inc (formerly Psoriasis Assoc. of Victoria Inc) has referenced its website in Psoriasis-international.org, and you can now visit it in the section “Country Sites”.
This is a voluntary non-profit association created in 1986 and (...)
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2008/06/10News from medical groups
The Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD), new member of Psoriasis International
The Nigerian Association of Dermatologists (NAD), created in 2004, has decided to join the network Psoriasis International. The NAD is engaged in the professional development of dermatologists, in providing technical assistance to public (...)
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2008/06/10News from medical groups
DERMATOMAROC linked with Psoriasis-international.org!
DERMATOMAROC is the first and the only dermatological website in Morocco, with many clinical cases, rares skin diseases, and with a magnific atlas. It was created in 2007 and counts today with an average of 50 visitors per day.
For further (...)
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2008/06/10News from patients associations
SPERANTA, the Romanian Psoriasis Patient Association joins the International Psoriasis Network
SPERANTA - Asociatia Pacientilor cu Psoariazis din Romania was created in 2005 by dermatologists to help their patients suffering from psoriasis. It has recently joined Psoriasis International.
For further information on SPERANTA, please visit (...)
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Psonet - European registry of psoriasis