Psoriasis International Newsletter n°11
2009 December 03

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World Psoriasis Day 2009

SPECIAL FOCUS ON WORLD PSORIASIS ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD

Psychology and psoriasis: A new intervention for psoriasis patients

Psychology and psoriasis: A new intervention for psoriasis patients A team of researchers at the University of Manchester are investigating ways to help individuals cope better with their psoriasis symptoms including psychological distress. (...)

VI National Mexican Psoriasis Congress

VI NATIONAL PSORIASIS CONGRESS 2009 - WORLD PSORIASIS DAY "PSORIASIS IN MEXICO, A MULTIFACTORIAL SYSTEMIC DISEASE" Here below the programme of the Congress (in Spanish):

Philippines’ FunWalk@Baywalk- World Psoriasis Day

Dear Friends, In celebration of this year’s World Psoriasis Day, we have decided to start a donation-relief drive for the typhoon Ondoy-Pepeng’s victims. There will be no registration fees but instead, everyone is encouraged to bring relief (...)

3rd Symposium of the French Psoriasis Group

The 3rd Symposium of the French Psoriasis Group was held on October 16, at Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. The French Dermatological Society accredited this Symposium for Continuing Medical Education. The pedagogic goals of this symposium were : (...)

Algerian Psoriasis Group - Record of the Year 2009

The year 2009 saw the creation of the Algerian Psoriasis Group (Groupe algérien du psoriasis). The officers of this group were designated at the number of 10: Baghou soumeya (Constantine) Boudghene Stambouli Omar (Tlemcen) Boukerche tarek (...)

Activities on Psoriasis in 2009 – the Division of Evidence based Medicine in Dermatology (Berlin / Germany)

Activities on Psoriasis in 2009 – the Division of Evidence based Medicine in Dermatology (Berlin / Germany) developed new guidelines and performed health care research The division of Evidence Based Medicine (dEBM) (head: Prof. B. Rzany MD ScM) (...)

The Libyan Society of Dermatologists joins Psoriasis International Network

The Libyan society of dermatologists was established at 1992, and at this stage about 200 Libyan doctors in the specialty are members. The society board includes Prof Gamal A Duweb, the president, Prof Ali H Elzurghany, vice president and Dr. (...)

Chilean Psoriasis Corporation now linked to Psoriasis-international.org

The Chilean Psoriasis Corporation (Corporación de Psoriasis de Chile) was created in 2007 and gathers some 220 members. This patient association looks for governmental support and of prevailed to solve the high cost of his treatments. For (...)

Africa Psoriasis Organization (Kenya) joins Psoriasis International Network

Africa Psoriasis Organization was formed by psoriasis patients in March 2009. The oganization now has a growing membership of 150 patients, 10 dermatologists, 30 wellwishers and 2 corporate companies. Most of the year 2009 has been used in (...)

1st Meeting of LATINAPSO - Latin American Psoriasis Network

Psoriasis is a serious disease that deserves attention. Argentina hold the 1st Meeting of the Latin American Associations Network: LATINAPSO. Motivated against the global ignorance of psoriasis in Latin America, the patient associations of (...)