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108 Tigray RHB; T.M.A.; IISMAN onlus; Italian Cooperation - HSDPwith cutaneous atypical and spread manifestations. Pruritus was one of themost common symptoms encountered in patients with HIV. In the latestages of HIV infection with a low CD4 count we observed the combinationof the above mentioned skin infections especially viral like molluscum contagiosumand superficial mycosis, whereas we didn’t observe Kaposi’s sarcoma,reported as common manifestation of advances HIV infection stages. Inthe early stage, with a relatively high CD4 count, we observed muco-cutaneousdisorders like herpes zoster and vaginal candidiasis. These results indicatethat all patients with these skin conditions should be counselled and testedfor HIV infection.Moreover, through the support-supervision of health facilities, the interviewof the health workers and a workshop held at the end of the first year inMekele we will have other expected outcomes and data from the study areas.This also give the opportunity to organize with the health workers a series ofsensitization campaigns at village level in order to promote early diagnosisand prevention of many common skin diseases and STI.This operational research represents an attempt to improve the implementationcapacity of the health system and the health status of people in theTigray region through the access to new services like dermatology and theprevention of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Hence, the dermatologistshave a central role in the detection of these conditions and in thetraining of the local health staff.