Collaboration with WHO/SSA initiative

Since 2019, the ISAD has launched an initiative to improve capacity building and access to care in Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publications

How to integrate atopic dermatitis in the management of skin neglected tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Rapelanoro Rabenja F, Beshah AM, Ball MD, Dlova N, Faye O, Flohr C, Hsu C, Mavura D, Manuel RC, Ramarozatovo LS, Sendrasoa F, Wollenberg A, Ruiz Postigo JA, Taieb A.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2023 Apr 5. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.19096
PMID: 37016962

Position Statement on Atopic Dermatitis in Sub-Saharan Africa: current status and roadmap.
Schmid-Grendelmeier P, Takaoka R, Ahogo KC, Belachew WA, Brown SJ, Correia JC, Correia M, Degboe B, Dorizy-Vuong V, Faye O, Fuller LC, Grando K, Hsu C, Kayitenkore K, Lunjani N, Ly F, Mahamadou G, Manuel RCF, Kebe Dia M, Masenga EJ, Muteba Baseke C, Ouedraogo AN, Rapelanoro Rabenja F, Su J, Teclessou JN, Todd G, Taieb A.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Nov;33(11):2019-2028.
doi: 10.1111/jdv.15972
PMID: 31713914
PMCID: PMC6899619

Nigeria: What is Atopic Dermatitis?

This message is proposed by dermatologists at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria:
Dr Shakirat GOLD-OLUFADI, Dr Omololu ENIGBOKAN, Prof Adebola OGUNBIYI and Prof Adekunle GEORGE with the support of ISAD and its Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative (SSAI).

When browsing the internet, you can check how much charlatanism is common for this disease, and how important it is to fight fake breakthroughs.