Ilze Aizsilniece is M. Sc. in Health Science and Health Systems Management. She holds degrees from the University of London and School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Ms. Aizsilniece, is also a family doctor, and an expert of the World Health Organization, Chairperson of the Board of NGO "Health Projects for Latvia". She is interested in studying the impact of ecology on people's health and the role of traditional and modern healthcare in 21st century.

Ilze believes there is huge waste of resources going on in the field of healthcare, worldwide. We have great technologies but poor efficiency, that can be fixed through improved health education. In her talk, Ilze focuses on the patient's role in the healthcare system, doctor's communication with patient, and the discrepancy between how patient is expected to behave and the real life.

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