DERMATOLOGY, MIGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS - abstract
Aldo Morrone
IX International Congress of Dermatology, Beijing, 19-22 maggio 2004. P. 116-117
People are increasingly on the move for political, humanitarian, economic and environmental reasons. This population mobility has health and human rights implications both for migrants and for those they leave behind. Migrants often face serious obstacles to good health due to discrimination, language and cultural barriers, legal status, and other economic and social difficulties..........

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HEALTHY SKIN FOR ALL.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES
Morrone A., Toma L., Nosotti L., Franco G., Latini O., Fornari U., Scardella P., Tumiati M C.
Atti VIII Consensus Conference sull'Immigrazione e VI Congresso Nazionale SIMM, Lampedusa, 5-8 maggio 2004, p. 507-518
In 2003 the kind of population called Human Mobile Population (HMP), which includes migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, migrant workers and travellers, was more than one billion.
Considering the dangerous health conditions of this population and after a quick overview of what is happening in nearby countries and everywhere else in the world, we can explain why in the next few years more and more people will flood Europe, North America, Australia and other developed countries and why we will have to be able to manage this phenomenon in terms of public health...........

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The Italian NFP working group and collaborators
Camoni L., Colucci A., Covre P., D'Agostini A., Frati R., Gallo P., Geraci S., Luzi AM., Mayer R., Morrone A., Paradiso R., Petrosillo N., Rosa E., Spinelli A., Spizzichino L., Valli R., Volpicelli S.
“Italy” in Access to Care: Privilege or Right? Migration and HIV Vulnerability in Europe, Eds by G. Bröring, C. Canter, N. Schinaia and B. Teixeira, October 2003, p. 74-87
For some years the industrialised countries of the Mediterranean area have been affected by constant migratory flows of people who, driven by precarious living conditions in their countries of origin embark on often risky journeys in the hope of obtaining conditions of greater well-being and freedom. Italy has changed from a country of emigration into a preferred migratory destination and has been forced to address the problems that arise from permanent, temporary and seasonal immigration...............

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GYPSIES' HEALTH IN ROME, ITALY - abstract
L. NOSOTTI, G. FRANCO, L. TOMA, O. LATINI, A. MORRONE
TRAVEL & SAFETY, IV Conference on Travel Medicine. CNR, Rome, 29-31 march 2004, p. 173
About 4000-5000 gypsies live in Rome, divided in 50 communities.
The objective of our study is to individuate diseases at higher prevalence in gypsies' communities, in order to improve gypsies' health and to obtain a better access of gypsies to the National Health Care System and to health prevention programs..........................

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PROSTITUTES' HEALTH IN ROME, ITALY - abstract
L. TOMA, L. NOSOTTI, G. FRANCO, O. LATINI, A. MORRONE
TRAVEL & SAFETY, IV Conference on Travel Medicine. CNR, Rome, 29-31 march 2004, p. 161
In Italy the approximate number of victims of prostitution trade is 50,000.
In Italy come women from China, Nigeria, Albania, Romania, Ukraine, working for about 9 million Italian clients. The objectives of our study are to detect the main clinical problems of prostitutes working in Rome in order to protect their health and the health of the whole population..............................

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Donovanosis in developed countries: neglected or misdiagnosed disease?
A. Morrone, L. Toma, G. Franco, O. Latini
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS. 2003 Apr; 14 (4): 288-9
Sir: In the review article on donovanosis1 and in the relevant comment of Dr Gupta2 the authors presented data about the prevelence of Granuloma Inguinale (GI) in different regions of the India. In the developed countries the cases of GI are extremely rare but maybe underestimated3-6.
In this time of rapid communications and transport the number of Human Mobile Population (HMP) is increasing every year....................

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A case of loiasis in Rome
A. Morrone
The skin and the Catastrophes
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002 May; 16 (3): 207-209
Owing to the increase of an immigrant population and of Italian citizens travelling for tourism or on business, it is nowadays possible to observe clinical pictures characteristic of tropical regions, often with indistinct symptoms. One of these pictures is Loa loa infestation, or loiasis, a form of filariasis caused by Loa loa and transmitted by Chrysops fly...........................

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Stop female genital mutilation: appeal to the international dermatologic community
A. Morrone, J. Hercogova, T. Lotti
International Journal of Dermatology 2002, 41, 253-263
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a traditional cultural practice, but also a form of violence against girls, which affects their lives as adult women. FGM comprises a wide range of procedures: the excision of the prepuce; the partial or total excision of the clitoris (clitoridectomy)........................

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