IPO 
IPO scientific research network has taken part in the International Congress “Dermatological Care for All: Common Diseases for Neglected People”, carried out in Addis Ababa and Makelle, Ethiopia, from 24 to 27 November 2009. The event, come at its third edition, has been organized by the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP), in collaboration with the Tigray Regional Health Bureau (THB), the University of Mekelle, the Italian Development Cooperation, the International Society of Dermatology (ISD) and the International Institute of Social, Medical, and Anthropological Sciences (IISMAS).
vThe aim is to implement and spread out, in Developing Countries, dermatological services and health training on the field, promoting access to quality skin care at the community level, through the best sustainable low cost technology. Experts and doctors, from all over the world, took part in the Congress. Several topics have been dealt with during the meeting, following we are reporting significant parts extracted from our supervisors’ speeches.
Dott. Shimeles “A mobile community dermatologic clinic in Ankober woreda, Central Ethiopia”
[...] to integrate community dermatology into the general health care system.”
Baraldo “Making dermatological care effective for Ankober community, North East Ethiopia: a synergy between development cooperation and phytotherapy research”
[...] to devise herbal preparations based on indigenous flora in order to integrate them in the local health care systems and partially sort out the problem of drug supply.”
Dott.sa Murgia “Affordable treatment for common dermatological problems in developing countries.”
[...] devising cosmeceutical formulation based on medicinal plants extracts, with a solid scientific rationale, could represent an interesting opportunity to produce cheap therapeutic solution for common dermatological diseases.”