Conditions for dermatological treatment in a developing country.

Malaria is the most common disease in the world, with 100 million new cases a year. Statistics, however, seem to show that skin diseases are next on the list of most common diseases in developing countries.

[Sexually transmitted diseases--a separate specialty?].

Syphilis with its many manifestations on the skin in the secondary and tertiary stages of the disease has formed the basis of the traditional connection between dermatology and venereology. During recent years venereology has expanded to involve all sexually transmitted diseases. This development might raise the question whether the time has come to introduce sexually transmitted diseases as a separate specialty.