Dear GlobalSkin Members,
It is my pleasure to welcome Gaone Matewa (South Africa), Rowena Lou Ortiz (Phillipines), and Christina Raj (India) to the GlobalSkin Board of Directors! I would also like to thank our two outgoing members, Michelle Capon andTruong Tran Hongwho unfortunately passed away in June. Michelle and Truong, thank you for your dedication and thoughtful contributions in making GlobalSkin a success.
As GlobalSkin works to Elevate our members, I’m pleased to share that we have welcomed 17 new members from four new countries (Taiwan, Dominican Republic, Liberia and Gambia). This brings our total membership to 338 patient organizations from 78 countries, representing 59 disease areas! We continue to see increasing interest from patient organizations interested in joining and I will keep you updated as new members join.
Since the adoption of the “All Skin Disease” WHA Resolution in May, we are ensuring a strong and representative voice for people affected by skin conditions. GlobalSkin continues to have conversations with the World Health Organization and they are actively planning a consultation process to help inform the development of the Global Action Plan on Skin Diseases. In tandem, we are also working on plans on how to engage GlobalSkin members in this important process. As we Champion this effort, your participation will be greatly appreciated and critical to the success of the implementation of the Global Action Plan.
It has been exciting to see how we can Unite together to change the way the world sees dermatological conditions. The GRIDD Project will continue to be a major focus for our organization and members as we leverage the data collected to accomplish our goals. Downloads of the PRIDD App continue to grow and we now have over 300 downloads. There have been many requests to use the PRIDD Measure including those by University teaching hospitals, hospital networks, and patient organizations. The GlobalSkin team has been busy spreading the word at conferences, giving oral presentations, presenting posters, and publishing new manuscripts in order to share more insights from the GRIDD Study.
Lastly, I would like to thank all those who participated in the recent GlobalSkin Member survey. We received 130 responses to the Member Experience 2025 Survey. Results will be shared with our community in communications each month. Thank you for all that participated! I hope that our commitment to hearing from you about your experience with GlobalSkin illustrates that we prioritize our members' and will always put the needs of people affected by dermatological conditions first..
Gratefully,
Marc Yale
GlobalSkin Board President
