Rare and Imported Infections: Are We Prepared?

Abstract

The world’s population is rapidly expanding [...]

Global health education in the Dutch Caribbean: 50 years of a unique Groningen-Curaçao clinical clerkship program

“…In terms of the incidence and prevalence of illness conditions, several cases of imported, alien and exotic diseases from non-western countries into many western health care systems have been reported. 1,2 The changes observed in the demographic profiles of the consumers and providers of care have also resulted in the need for different and novel approaches to the organization of health systems and the training of health care professionals. Hence, the current trend of globalization in health care has created a need for (future) doctors to be properly trained to effectively manage patients in a rapidly and ever-changing global ecosystem.…”