“Problems predict solutions” argues Scott Burris, famous lawyer, and public health specialist, who is also this week’s co-course director. The Salzburg Maastricht University Seminar in Public Health Strategy II brought together law, public health, and advocacy...
Kyrgyzstan, home to towering mountains and rolling plains, is one of the OMI’s target regions. The healthcare system of the landlocked country is still developing and in rural regions, the access to doctors is often limited. For an OMI visiting professorship, Dr....
“We cannot change the outcome, but we can affect the journey” – Ann Richardson Each year an estimated 56.8 million people are in need of palliative care, most of whom live in low- and middle-income countries. Yet, worldwide, only about 14% of people who need...
Fellows from various medical disciplines, including dermatology, internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine, spent seven days together in Salzburg, Austria, puzzling over the intricacies of medical education. The participants were trying to figure out what the...
Oncology is a medical discipline marked by equal amounts of hope, apprehension, and loss, sometimes making it a difficult field to work in. Yet, there are doctors, who daily choose to fight for their patients’ lives, which are often marked by terminal illnesses, such...
