FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo

116 Tigray RHB; T.M.A.; IISMAN onlus; Italian Cooperation - HSDP• Health professionals and each individual have responsibilities to learnmore about STIs and then make choices about how to minimize therisk of acquiring these diseases and spreading them to others.Knowledge of STIs, as well as honesty and openness with sex partnersand with one’s doctor, can be very important in reducing the incidenceand complications of sexually transmitted diseases.3. Rationale for the proposed interventionSkin as an extensive organ covers the entire body part and its disorders are oftenthe first manifestations of several diseases potentially involving all the internalorgans. Some skin signs/symptoms strongly suggest the presence ofsome infectious or neo-plastic diseases and sometimes the relation betweencutaneous signs/symptoms and related disease is as marked as to indicate withextremely precision the diagnosis of underlying illnesses to the health (workers)professionals. This is evident in the case of HIV and HCV infections,where the presence of some kind of dermatoses strengthens the suspect of viralaetiology. Skin disorders occur at the same time in 64% to 90% of all patientsinfected with HIV.Fortunately enough the appearance are visible to our sights and mostly it is amatter of using only our sight sense to get an impression and to diagnose thediseases. In general, this operational research aims at addressing the skinconditions in rural communities as an entry point to Public health atlow cost approach with better accessibility. This program intends to employa basic strategy of easy diagnosis, treatment and referral skin conditionthrough the simple use of EYES by health workers at peripheral levels inTigray Region.A possible improvement of the situation in such context of extremely reducedavailable resources could be attained by increasing the know-how and clinicalskills of the peripheral health workers in the sectors not requiring specificdiagnostic aids. On this regard the relevance for dermatological and venerealpathologies is evident: for them, indeed, no other tool is required but apair of good eyes.