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Posted By American Med Spa Association, Monday, February 29, 2016
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Key stakeholders including policy makers, physicians and patients must come together to turn the corner on
psoriasis, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Global Report on Psoriasis.
In 2014, the WHO Member States recognized psoriasis as a serious non-communicable disease. A byproduct of this resolution, the new report calls for the development of guidelines, improved access to affordable treatments possibly including biosimilars and better studies on the link between psoriasis and cardiovascular disease.
“There is a great need to develop guidelines regarding the diagnosis of psoriasis and its treatment,” the new report states. “Furthermore, certain standards relating to medical care such as adequate assessment of progress of therapy, using uniform tools to assess the severity of the disease and patient quality of life should be implemented.”
Psoriasis patients should have access to comprehensive, individually adapted treatment, the report states. “At a minimum, public and private facilities should provide the drugs included on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines including systemic therapies. Universal health coverage schemes should cover the costs of these treatments. For newer biological therapies, more needs to be done to reduce the price of these medicines if they are to present a sustainable and affordable treatment option for patients with psoriasis.”
Read more at DermWire.
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psoriasis, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new Global Report on Psoriasis.In 2014, the WHO Member States recognized psoriasis as a serious non-communicable disease. A byproduct of this resolution, the new report calls for the development of guidelines, improved access to affordable treatments possibly including biosimilars and better studies on the link between psoriasis and cardiovascular disease.
“There is a great need to develop guidelines regarding the diagnosis of psoriasis and its treatment,” the new report states. “Furthermore, certain standards relating to medical care such as adequate assessment of progress of therapy, using uniform tools to assess the severity of the disease and patient quality of life should be implemented.”
Psoriasis patients should have access to comprehensive, individually adapted treatment, the report states. “At a minimum, public and private facilities should provide the drugs included on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines including systemic therapies. Universal health coverage schemes should cover the costs of these treatments. For newer biological therapies, more needs to be done to reduce the price of these medicines if they are to present a sustainable and affordable treatment option for patients with psoriasis.”
Read more at DermWire.
________________________________________________________________________________
How to Successfully Open a Medical Spa--Southeast: March 14-15, 2016
Midwest Medical Spa Workshop, Staff-training and Networking Reception: April 11, 2016
California Regulatory Workshop: May 2, 2016
How to Successfully Open a Medical Spa--Northeast: May 16-17, 2016
Southeast Medical Spa Workshop, Staff-training and Networking Reception: June 6, 2016
How to Successfully Open a Medical Spa--Northwest: September 19-20, 2016
How to Successfully Open a Medical Spa--Texas: November 6-7, 2016
Southwest Medical Spa Workshop, Staff-training and Networking Reception: December 5, 2016
