PORTUGAL

Organization: PSOPortugal - Associação Portuguesa da Psoríase

PSOPortugal is a non-profit health IPSS, with a national scope of intervention. Created in 2005 by a group of psoriatic patients with the aim of providing information about the disease and fighting for the rights of these people, who suffer from an extremely stigmatizing pathology. The social lack of knowledge about psoriatic disease was enormous, to the point that it was confused with leprosy and there were those who thought, and some still think, that it was a contagious disease.

127.54 thousand

people living with psoriatic disease in Portugal

Academic institutions and medical centers in Portugal are involved in research and education related to psoriasis. This includes studies on disease mechanisms, treatment efficacy, and psychosocial aspects of living with psoriasis.