A World of Difference: Updates from the Global Rheumatology Summit

She outlined several treatment constraints in Asia-Pacific developing countries, including limited resources, inadequate government spending on healthcare, insufficient structured training programs, shortages of trained pediatric rheumatologists and fragmented systems of care across multiple providers. Through the Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology, Dr. Farman and colleagues have been able to create the Pediatric Rheumatology Special Interest Group team, set up collaborations across borders and provide online resources, courses and webinars geared toward spreading knowledge about the care of pediatric patients with rheumatologic diseases.

In Sum

The remaining sessions in the summit (reciprocal innovation in global rheumatology, reducing healthcare resource waste around the world, advocacy in global rheumatology) were equally enlightening, and clearly an ongoing need exists to foster international collaboration to address rheumatologic issues worldwide.

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Jason Liebowitz, MD, completed his fellowship in rheumatology at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he also earned his medical degree. He is currently in practice with Skylands Medical Group, N.J.

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