The Vitiligo Basis of India organized its inaugural VFI CME & Workshop on the event of the World Vitiligo Day. On the occasion, dermatologists, researchers, and sufferers convened fostering a shared platform to trade data and supply essential assist to people dealing with the challenges of this stigmatized situation. Many senior dermatologists together with Dr Munish Paul, Dr Kanika Sahni, Dr Madhulika Mhatre and Dr Deepti Ghia who share a standard imaginative and prescient for the betterment of the lives of sufferers with vitiligo, got here collectively to conduct this occasion.
What’s Vitiligo?
Vitiligo is a illness that ends in white patches on the pores and skin and sufferers endure from important social stigma by the hands of society at giant. This stigma is especially prevalent in people of economically weaker sections and downtrodden people. There are lots of myths associated to the illness and in lots of cultures, it’s nonetheless confused with leprosy and regarded contagious, whereas it’s not actually so.
1st VFI CME and workshop
The Vitiligo Basis of India, immediately held its 1st CME and Workshop aimed toward enhancing the understanding, therapy, and assist for people affected by vitiligo. It was emphasised that the illness is just not the identical as leprosy and isn’t a contagious illness. An try was made to sensitize the viewers to extend acceptance of vitiligo sufferers into society in contrast to the present discrimination that’s confronted by them, be it of their skilled or private lives.
The occasion was attended by greater than 200 delegates from everywhere in the nation together with Dr Venkatram Mysore, Dr Kanika Sahni, Extra Professor, Dermatology, AlIMS, New Delhi , Dr Madhulika Mhatre, Dr Munish Paul, Dr Deepti Ghia, Dr T Salim, Prof Davinder Parsad, and Prof Somesh Gupta (AlIMS, New Delhi), Prof Sujay Khandpur, from AlIMS, and Dr John Harris.
