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Psoriasis Network in Arabic Countries. Nejib DOSS Tunisia. Introduction. To assess the situation of the disease in the different countries To enhance basic and clinical research Organisation of local and international conferences, workshops..
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Psoriasis Network in Arabic Countries Nejib DOSS Tunisia
Introduction • To assess the situation of the disease in the different countries • To enhance basic and clinical research • Organisation of local and international conferences, workshops.. • Arranging educational and awareness programs for patients and the community
North African Psoriasis Study Group • The first one is the tunisian psoriasis club who has led an epidemiologic studies in Tunisia • In Algeria: algerian psoriasis group was created in 2009 • Creation of the north african psoriasis study group with three countries.
Other psoriasis study groups • In Egypt, the group is in its begining • In Jordan, the study group is working under the frame of the Jordanian Society of Dermatology and has already product a guidelines for the using biological agents in the treatment of psoriasis • In KSA: psoriasis research chair • In Kuwait:
Conclusion • It would be better to act in the frame of a national society, this allows a sustained action • These different study groups were boosted by the different Psoriasis Meetings • To organize on the sideline of an international meeting