UM welcomes HRH Princess Margriet
As honorary chair of the Advisory Board Global Health – an international advisory board for the master’s programmes Global Health at UM and at McMaster University Canada – Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet took part in the yearly meeting on 16 October. The princess drew attention to an issue that is very close to her heart, in the presence of a very international company: the global problem of antimicrobial resistance and the need for internationally integrated and coordinated action by the different sectors involved, such as public and animal health, food safety and the economy. The princess welcomed the role given to this important issue in the Global Health curricula of both universities.
HRH Princess Margriet acts as Honorary Chair of the Global Health Advisory Board, in light of her special relation with Canada (she was born in Ottawa during WWII) and her interest in health care issues and the Red Cross.
During the meeting, which lasted one and a half days, a wide range of subjects was discussed. Amongst them were newly offered courses in the dynamic domain of Global Health, a report on the Learning Symposium in Manipal, India, and the opening of a new research centre in Maastricht – Centre for Global Health Research and Training – by the programme coordinator Prof. Dr. Anja Krumeich. In their presentations, alumni reflected on the added value of the master’s programme and Rector Magnificus Rianne Letschert spoke about ‘Internationalisation in Higher Education’.
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