Anna E. Schmaus-Klughammer

• LLB (hons)
• CEO at Klughammer GmbH / One World Medical Network e.V. / Deggendorf Institute of Technology

The dismantling of USAID creates a global development vacuum, benefiting China, which can expand its influence through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). While China focuses on infrastructure and financial aid, digital health and telemedicine offer an alternative, particularly in healthcare access, medical training, and public health monitoring. K...

Integrating digital tools like Case.io, Telko.live, and Form.expert offers transformative potential for healthcare delivery in conflict-affected and resource-limited areas. These tools collectively address barriers to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, which prioritizes health and well-being for all. Case.io provides robust electronic...

Workplace loneliness is a growing epidemic, impacting employee well-being and organizational performance. This phenomenon, exacerbated by modern workplace cultures that often prioritize efficiency over relationships, leads to adverse health effects and diminished productivity. Telepsychology, a digital solution for mental health support, offers an...

Klughammer, LLB(hons), Deggendorf Institute of Technology, One World Medical Network e.V., schmaus@owmn.org In the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare and mental health support, the emphasis on empathy has never been more critical. As artificial intelligence (AI) makes significant strides, its potential to deepen empathetic engagement in clini...

Press freedom and worldwide internet access have opened ample opportunity for a staggering number of poor open access journals and junk publishers to emerge. Dubious publishers are abusing and camouflaging the golden open access model. In 2012, Jeffery Beall shed light on the predatory journals (as he preferred to call them) and the threat to open...

Press freedom and worldwide internet access have opened ample opportunity for a staggering number of poor open access journals and junk publishers to emerge. Dubious publishers are abusing and camouflaging the golden open access model. In 2012, Jeffery Beall shed light on the predatory journals (as he preferred to call them) and the threat to open...

Cervical cancer kills about 270 000 women every year. 1 Most (85%) of these deaths occur in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). In large part, this inequity is due to the lack of cervical cancer screening programmes in those countries – the same programmes that are taken for granted in Australia, Europe and the United States of America. And si...

Screening for cervical cancer is important in all women. Screening for cervical cancer is of particular concern to HIV-infected women and adolescents, since the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), as confirmed by colposcopy, is four to five times higher in HIV-positive women and adolescents compared to HIV-negative women and adol...

In the last few decades the introduction and subsequent expansion of eHealth, opened doors towards providing specialized health advice to underserved rural and remote communities across the globe. Since 2011, a rural hospital - Centro de Saúde da Reserva (CSR) - founded in 1929 and located in a German community of the city of São Lourenço do Sul, B...

Nelson Mandela said "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Distance medical education meets the needs of doctors and health personal that might be unable to attend classes, due to distance or time constraints. Medical personnel who is working can chose their lectures when it suits their schedule. Distance med...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) there is a high shortage of health workers in developing countries. The number of women who are diagnosed for cervical cancer is growing in developing countries. In industrialised countries the number is much lower because regular cervical cancer screening detects modifications of the cervix in early...