This issue of "Dermatologic Clinics" focuses on three aspects of international dermatology: selected concepts in international dermatology; regional dermatology in the global village; and, global dermatology for developing countries. Some key articles included are on dermatology in the stream of human mobile population tragedy; international exchange programs in dermatology; paracoccidioidomycosis; skin tuberculosis in children; and, dermatovenereology in the post-communist era.