sentences:  Several international and national organizations exist relating to osteopathic education and political advocacy.Similarly, there is also an international organization of organizations for national osteopathic and osteopathic medical associations, statutory regulators, and universities/medical schools offering osteopathic and osteopathic medical education, known as the Osteopathic International Alliance (OIA).The following sections describe the legal status of "osteopathy" and "osteopathic medicine" in each country listed.