In 2012, Dr. Dey also set up The Rheumatology Initiative (TRI), a nonprofit seeking to increase awareness of rheumatic conditions, improve patient outcomes and help prioritize rheumatology on Ghana’s health agenda.
Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD | Issue: December 2021 |
In 2012, Dr. Dey also set up The Rheumatology Initiative (TRI), a nonprofit seeking to increase awareness of rheumatic conditions, improve patient outcomes and help prioritize rheumatology on Ghana’s health agenda.
At present, the U.S. has approximately 5,000 full-time adult rheumatologists. By the year 2025, that number will decline to roughly 3,600.1 Sounds dire, right? Hold that thought. Question: What country has 99 million people and no adult rheumatologists? ad goes here:advert-1ADVERTISEMENTSCROLL TO CONTINUEAnswer: Ethiopia.2 The Nigerian Story And then there is Africa’s most populous country,…
SAN FRANCISCO—To convey the plight of rheumatology patients in sub-Saharan Africa, Girish Mody, MD, head of rheumatology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and past president of the African League of Associations for Rheumatology, recounted a story during the 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting from the World Health Organization about a diabetes patient. The…
The second annual Global Rheumatology Summit focused on climate change, conflict and migration, as well as other global issues in rheumatology.
New concepts in autoimmunity & immunology are being discovered daily in research being conducted to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its implications for rheumatology & all fields of medicine. Here are some insights shared by experts during day 1 of the Basic and Clinical Research Conference.