VSSA SPONSORS Home News & Updates The VSSA is grateful to the organisations below for their financial contribution to make the running of the Society possible. Any company wishing to make a contribution to the VSSA can apply to have its logo displayed on this page. The VSSA is a non-profit organisation and its executive…
My experience with needling My experience with needling My experience with needling My experience with needling My experience with needling Home News & Updates Letter written by Thobelani Mncube for VSSA on 4 June 2012 Published with permission My name is Thobelani Mncube, I live in Pietermaritzburg and I’m 16 years old. I’m about to…
Changing Perceptions Home News & Updates Experience by a patient by Roshelle Pillay The first annual meeting amongst members of the vitiligo society preceding its launch on the 17th of August 2008, at the Albert Luthuli Hospital in Durban was held on Wednesday 27 August 2008. The societies chairman Yusuf Ismail was present enabling members…
Message from the Chairman of the Support Group – Yusuf Ismail Home News & Updates 17 August 2008 On Sunday, the 17th August 2008, saw the initial symposium of the Vitiligo Society of South Africaheld at the Albert Luthuli Hospital. The venue burst at its seams with an overwhelming response, to the extent that people had to…
Art Exibition Home News & Updates During the Annual Dermatology Congress of the Dermatological Society of South Africa, The Vitiligo Society of South Africa, in association with Adcock Ingram Pharmaceuticals, held an art exhibition, displaying a wide variety of talent amongst dermatologists. The VSSA is grateful to Adcock Ingram for hosting this unique and popular…
Mpumalanga Support Group Home News & Updates 1 March 2016 Good day; I hope all is well. I am sending this mail to all patients suffering from the skin decease, Vitiligo, as well as parents with children suffering from this decease. I have been informed by the Vitiligo Association of South Africa, that there is no…
Vitiligo Centres of Excellence Home News & Updates The following dermatologists have indicated their interest in treating vitiligo following a survey taken at the Congress of the Dermatology Society of South Africa at the Drakensburg in August 2015. The names under each province appear in alphabetical order. Facilities offered in their practices are shown adjacent to…
Participate in Word Vitiligo Day meetings in any of a variety of ways: Home News & Updates Give a talk. Bring a family member or friend. Form a support group. Write a poem. Sing a song. Arrange an interview for a magazine or newspaper Talks to kids in school about vitiligo. Write an article for…
The Vitiligo School Campaign Home News & Updates The Vitiligo School Campaign gets off to a start today with the publication of an Awareness Campaign poster. Please feel free to print the poster in A3 or A4 format and distribute it in your school. The poster is copyright VSSA. However, it may be freely transmitted…
Enter the VSSA Design Challenge Home News & Updates First prize R5000 Second proze R3000 Third prize R2000 Let your creativity flow Draw anything you want relating to vitiligo. It may be a drawing of yourself, or a family member. It may a stylised version of a drawing, a painting – oil paint, watercolour, pencil…
