29th February 2020, worldwide. Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February each year, a month known for having a ‘rare’ number of days.. The main objective of Rare Disease Day is to raise awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. Building awareness of […]

by Lilian van der Ven, MD, Amsterdam UMC. Current and future developments For a number of years, the number of residents in social medicine has been lagging behind, resulting in an imminent shortage of social medicine specialists. To counteract this, in 2016 the Ministry of Health proposed a new approach […]