Health Pioneer shares 50 year legacy with new eczema book

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4 February

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Health Pioneer shares 50 year legacy with new eczema book

More than 40,000 patients have travelled from New Zealand and across the globe to receive an eczema treatment package from Pacific health pioneer Dr Joe Williams. In his first book Eczema - The Neglected Disease of Children, Dr Williams, who turned 80 in October last year, shares his legacy which spans more than 50 years.

Having been at the forefront of Pacific health for many years, Dr Joe Williams has published a book of his lifes work, titled Eczema - The Neglected Disease of Children. It follows more than half a century of working in the field, which has resulted in his own Eczema-Care Therapy package, used by the multitudes that have sought his treatment.

Dr Williams states eczema is a global disease which affects one in five of the worlds children and one in 10 adults and is a growing public health problem.

A paediatrician colleague once told him that eczema is one of the most poorly understood and mismanaged conditions in infants and children in both primary and secondary care.

Eczema is not life-threatening. No one dies from it. Eczema is a silent disease. It does not attract attention in the media and politicians in the same way as the cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and obesity do. It does not even register on the National Health morbidity and mortality statistics, explains Dr Williams.

Eczema causes unbearable misery, anguish and mental conflict for the sufferer and their family.

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Health Pioneer shares 50 year legacy with new eczema book