Well how do i write this speaker up?
Dr Phil Hill heads up the Centre of International Health at the University of Otago where he liaises with other similar centres and groups from around the world. Global Health is the team used to explain the focus of this wider group.
He born in Dunedin but did his schooling in Auckland. his medical training spanned the following;
General medical training 6years
FRACP 5years
MPH 4years
Doctorate 2-4years
As they say, 'perserveance is a great attribute to have'
Currently Phil is the McAuley Chair of International Health.
Recently he has spent time in Romania and working on drug resist TB and the link between TB and diabetes.
The use of antibiotics where and when it was not needed. Ie Meningitis and pneumonia in African countries. The drug companies wanted to make as much profit as possible so sold the vaccines to first world countries where it was not needed. That is who can pay gets the product.
He has also been in Gambia recently studying an isolated population where he meet on a trip sometime ago a Gambian field worker who over time has become a doctor.
The Otago Global Health Institute is not just a team of medical doctors but a broad range of specialists from many UofO departments in a 'Bonding Partnership'. Their work in Indonesia consists of over 100 specialists in all four division of the university.
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