DERMATOLOGY - A USEFUL TOOL IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY

Dermatology is an aspect of medicine which can help produce a cheap an d readily available tool for diagnosis, follow-up and epidemiologic st udy in a depressed economy such as in the developing countries of Afri ca and Asia. This would involve the provision of some dermatological t raining to students of medicine, nursing and other paramedical special ities, to allow maximum utilization of dermatology at the primary, sec ondary and even tertiary health institutions.