FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo

128 Tigray RHB; T.M.A.; IISMAN onlus; Italian Cooperation - HSDPIn India IISMAS collaborates with NGO Shukrodaya Animation Centre fora plan about the promotion of the health in the poorest groups of the populationliving in the city of Mysore.In collaboration with the University of Buenos Aires IISMAS promotes andsupports a programme of formative exchange for the doctors working in thefield of the international dermatology.THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE OF MIGRATION ATSAN GALLICANO HOSPITAL, ROMEConsidering the importance of the phenomenon of immigration, since 1stJanuary 1985 a Department of Preventive Medicine of Migration has beenoperating at San Gallicano Hospital. For years the Department has representedthe only public referral point not only for assistance and treatment, but alsofor medical, epidemiological, social and anthropologic research concerningimmigrant, nomadic and homeless populations.Prof. Aldo Morrone MD, a Roman physician who specialised in dermatologyand venereology at the University of Rome, was appointed Director of theDepartment. Since then, the service has greatly expanded with a staff of 14physicians, 4 social assistants, 1 administrative co-ordinator, 6 registerednurses, and many other collaborators: physicians with various specialities,psychologists, epidemiologists, sociologists and statisticians.Since the opening of the Department, the service is open to all citizens,Italians and foreigners, in Italy. The services are particularly addressed to regular,illegal and clandestine immigrants, homeless, gypsies and those havinghealth problems but without a health insurance card.At present, between 150-200 people receive assistance every day. As soon asa patient arrives, they receive a first stage evaluation by a team composed ofa doctor, usually an internist, a nurse and a cultural mediator. They registerthe patient directly and, where necessary, establish the STP document. A furtherexamination and advice can be requested on dermatology, allergology,oncology, plastic surgery, internal diseases, infectious diseases, neurology,tropical diseases, sexology, STDs and AIDS. Recently a service of odontostomatologyhas been added.The general structure of the hospital activities is the following:Department of Clinical Dermatology10 normal beds and 10 day hospital bedsDepartment of Inflammatory Dermatology and Allergology10 normal beds and 10 day hospital beds