Improving the management of paediatric rheumatic diseases globally.
This article aims to review the various aspects of paediatric rheumatology that might be looked on as having a more global emphasis, the advances achieved through new technology and communication, the importance of education for both the medical community as well as the patient population, the epidemiologic variation of diseases and how population migration has brought potential changes as well as canvassing some of the considerable new challenges that still need to be addressed.
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Faller
Roger C
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Allen
D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D004501:Education, Medical; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D014943:Global Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014944:World Health Organization