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Introducing the new Honours Bachelor of Science – Osteopathy program at Sheridan College in Ontario, Canada. For the first time in Canada, manual osteopathic practitioners can graduate with a baccalaureate degree in osteopathy. This 4-year program meets the World Health Organization and the National Canadian Standards (CSA Z16686-20 Osteopathic Healthcare Provision) for the Type 1 standard of 1,000 hours of supervised clinical practice. For a program summary go here.

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WOHW April 17 - April 23, 2023 World Osteopathic Healthcare Week or WOHW, formally known as the International Osteopathic Healthcare Week, is hosted each year by the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA) to celebrate osteopathy globally and educate patients, the public, and regulatory authorities to the existence, philosophy and effectiveness of osteopathic treatments.

Bill 36, the Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA), received Royal assent on November 24, 2022 and is now law in British Columbia.

OsteopathyBC has developed some fantastic looking Osteopathic Brochures. These are available to order. Our brochures are also available to other health professionals who would like to share information on OsteopathyBC. Members receive special member pricing.

“...osteopathic manipulation treatment seems to be a valid and effective instrument for the treatment of a series of pathologies such as chronic low back pain, fibromyalgia, spinal cord lesions, myofascial graft point, migraine, GI tract dysfunctions, and depression.” (Buscemi et al, 2020) 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32554836/

Information on The National Standard of Canada, CSA Z16686:20

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There are only a few osteopaths* in Africa, as for example in Kenya there are four. Luckily one of them introduced osteopathy into charitable Medical Expeditions to villages that lack regular access to medical care. The charity is called Divinity Foundation (not associated with any church) and is led by the British-Kenyan citizen Navdeep “Nav” Matharu. 

I participated in two such expeditions and was amazed by the amount of help provided, and by the amount of kindness offered to one another...

The OIA Board of Directors is proud to offer The OIA Global Report:  Global Review of Osteopathic Medicine and Osteopathy 2020.   This report is an update of our 2013 Global Report and illustrates the growth of osteopathic medicine and osteopathy in the past seven years. 

The report is presented in four parts:

• Summary Document:  Provides the highlights of the full report
• Part I:  The Status of Osteopathic Healthcare Worldwide – A Survey of OIA Members
• Part II:  A Profile of Osteopathic Healthcare –...