METEOR to present policy recommendations at EUHPP webinar

Anke Boone and Lode Godderis will share Project METEOR’s findings project and present policy recommendations for addressing healthcare workforce retention during an EU Health Policy Platform webinar. “Health Workers Challenges: Ways Forward for Policy Making” will be held on 26 January from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, CET. During the

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Domenica Matranga discusses METEOR’s findings with BlogSicilia.it 

In a recent interview with BlogSicilia.it, University of Palermo Professor Domenica Matranga, a medical statistician and researcher at Project METEOR, discussed shortages of healthcare workers and the challenges of retention in light of the project’s recent findings. “We sought to understand what the determinants of leaving hospital jobs are, and

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Anke Boone discusses healthcare workers’ situation in interview with Artsenkrant

In an interview with Artsenkrant, a leading Belgian magazine for general practitioners, Project METEOR researcher Anke Boone shed light on Project METEOR’s findings regarding the situation of healthcare professionals in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. “We need structural adjustments to overcome problems connected with mental well-being and burnout among healthcare staff, which

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METEOR researcher discusses medical deserts at ROUTE-HWF symposium

METEOR researcher Olivia Lavreysen (KU Leuven) joined the two-day ROUTE-HWF symposium to discuss how to ensure equitable access to healthcare for all, regardless of geographical location or socioeconomic background. “Aging, poverty, travel distances, and healthcare provider-population ratios are the main factors contributing to the existence of medical deserts,” Olivia Lavreysen

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METEOR presents its findings at European Public Health Conference

Meteor researchers Olivia Lavreysen (KU Leuven) and Marco Enea (Università degli Studi di Palermo) showcased the project’s findings at the 16th European Public Health Conference, “Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity” in Dublin on 8-11 November 2023. During a panel discussion on “How to solve shortages and uneven distribution of

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