The AUB GRADE center recently coordinated the
Adaptation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Guidelines in Brazil. The objective of this
project was to adapt the 2015 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Rheumatoid
Arthritis (RA) guidelines for the Brazilian context. The project was a
collaborative effort between Hospital Moinhos de Vento and the Brazilian
Ministry of Health. It used the ‘adolopment’ methodology and was based on
the model of adaptation of the same guidelines followed for the Eastern
Mediterranean Region. Ms. Lara Kahale, the coordinator of the AUB GRADE center,
participated in the two guideline panel meetings that took place in Porto
Alegre Brazil on the 14th and 15th of November 2017 and 17th
and 18th of May 2018.