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The Latin Americas and Caribbean are regions where social exclusion and inequality persist as the main obstacles to human development and improvement of health conditions, despite economic growth and social development. These countries need to establish international collaborations with the goal of improving health conditions. In this scenario Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia ( APL), a disease with a high cure rate in developed countries and high prevalence in young patients, offers an ideal opportunity to implement measures with educational and cooperative scope. We discuss the experience of Latin America and the Caribbean through a common network, the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia ( IC- APL). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors discuss the state of state of haematology in developing countries including the implementation of aphaeresis in patients with hyperleucocytosis and allogeneic transplantation. Topics discussed include the first successful allogeneic transplantation of a thalassaemic child in Nigeria, a meta-analysis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, and need for politicians to consider disease prevalence in their country.