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The ILAR-East Africa initiative: current needs and progress in the globalization of rheumatology

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In early 2009, the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) funded a program known as the “East Africa Initiative.” The long-term goal of this program is to unite the international rheumatology community to aid in enhancing clinical rheumatology services in an area that carries 25% of the world’s disease burden but has only 2% of the world’s human resources for health. This paper provides an overview of the rationale and progress to date of this collaborative effort toward the globalization of rheumatology.

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  1. McGill University, Division of Rheumatology, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue W, M11-32, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada

    Inés Colmegna & Susan J. Bartlett

  2. University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Omondi G. Oyoo

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Colmegna, I., Bartlett, S.J. & Oyoo, O.G. The ILAR-East Africa initiative: current needs and progress in the globalization of rheumatology. Clin Rheumatol 30, 251–253 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-010-1594-0

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