Rocha Francisco Airton Castro
Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Coronel Nunes de Melo, 1315, CEP: 60430-270, Rodolfo Teofilo, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Arthritis Res Ther. 2017 Feb 10;19(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s13075-017-1247-7.
The importance of diseases to mankind is very similar worldwide. However, social and environmental issues, not to mention political and individual aspects, affect the prevalence and management of diseases and their outcomes. I present a brief and tentative comment to illustrate that the Latin-American rheumatology community, despite relevant gains in recent years, has some challenges to face in order to improve patient care in our region.
疾病对人类的重要性在全球范围内非常相似。然而,社会和环境问题,更不用说政治和个人层面的问题,都会影响疾病的流行、管理及其结果。我在此做一个简短且初步的评论,以说明拉丁美洲的风湿病学界尽管近年来取得了显著进展,但为了改善我们地区的患者护理仍面临一些挑战。