The ten principle missions of the IFD

1. Facilitate dermatologic education and training at all health care levels in developing countries.
2. Continue to support the RDTC in Moshi, and develop other means of achieving this mission.
3. Improve the quality of care in dermatology and venereology in developing countries.
4. Develop a cadre of experienced dermato-venereologists and healthworkers willing to serve on a short or long-term basis as visiting teachers, lecturers, advisers, or practitioners of dermatology.
5. Document the needs of patients with dermatological disease in such areas and the current status and future requirements for trained manpower and resources.
6. Develop rational treatment protocols and procedures which can be used widely in the developing world.
7. Promulgate collaborative programmes between institutions from developing and developed countries of the world.
8. Encourage and carry out appropriate research designed to improve the care of patients with dermatological disease.
9. Promote dermato-venereological education and communication needs in developing countries at national and international meetings.
10. Contribute to other programmes whose aim is to help patients with diseases which can affect the skin eg lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and leprosy.

Director, Regional Dermatology Training Centre


Dermatology Students in class


Teaching Histopathology