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      • Editorial: Innovative models of care to attract and retain the healthcare workforce
        Don’t forget VET: a workforce suited for rural communities
        Narrowing the gap in access to maternity care
        Primary care Rural Integrated Multidisciplinary Health Services
        Taking a whole-of-school approach to supporting country kids
        Moving from urban to rural Australia: welcome them
        Rural and regional Australia to benefit from prescribing plan
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        Indigenous Doctor of the Year
        The power of student placements in the bush
        Linking caregivers, children and communities
        Evidence-based initiatives to improve rural health
        Forging new pathways in regional medical training
        Professional development grants for greater independence
        Exploring the impact of an immersive rural nursing placement
        Whole-of-healthcare access in small communities: the 4Ts model
        Building the next generation of rural doctors
        Supporting research to address healthcare needs of rural Australians
        Wellbeing planning for rural agribusiness
        A home-grown workforce
        Broadening the perspective of rural medicine
        Missing the mark: gender inequity and medical misogyny
        An innovative solution to remote workforce shortages
        Addressing the GP crisis in remote Australia
        Overcoming barriers: health care in the Mallee
        Planning for the future
        Positive placements impact career path
        Increasing First Nations participation in health workforce
        How to make them STAY
        A novel strategy to address complex workforce problems
        Holistic, sustainable secondary prevention for chronic disease
        Suicide prevention: what’s age got to do with it?
        Having challenging conversations after stillbirth
        Tips for health practitioners to engage First Nations dads
        Great things from small beginnings
        Funding support for innovation
        Students of the future
        Seasons for growth and healing
        A rotational supervisory model for dermatology care
        Training and retaining a rural workforce by promoting excellence
        From graduate to practitioner and ready for the journey
        Improving support for regional oesophageal cancer patients
        Let's yarn about sleep
        Rural pharmacy placement
        A sense of community
        Upskilling and building connections for workforce retention
        Palliative care information for rural and remote GPs and nurses
        Building health literacy in older Australians
        Delivering heart health education in high-risk communities
        Enabling efficient, responsive primary care through cloud technology
        Flexible conditions entice more women back into workforce
        A team approach to physical and mental health care
        Increase healthcare access by making it mobile
        Kids can be key to strong community and workforce sustainability
        Paediatric trainee rotation at Dubbo Base Hospital
        Oral health care in Australia post COVID-19
        Utilising data analytics for enhanced health outcomes
      81
      • Editorial: Towards improved accessibility for mental health care
        Develop the strength to do bold things
        Supporting children through natural disaster
        Imperative of improving outcomes of hospital-treated self-harm
        Evidence base on mental health in remote Australia
        Mental health in rural Australia
        Having a conversation with a community pharmacist
        Wellness after work
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        Practitioners in the bush
        The power of connection for teenagers with chronic illness
        Continuity of care in places of trauma
        Rural placements for psychology students
        Reversing the ‘new normal’
        Finding the right antidepressant quickly
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        Lessening mental health impacts of climate change on rural men
        A pollinator garden creates belongingness
        Supporting isolated veterans impacted by service
        Remoteness, mental health and the human–animal bond
        The power of shared stories
        Muddied hands, clear mind
        Henty health chats
        We look after the community, but who looks after us?
        Telehealth cardiac rehabilitation service prioritises mental health
        Mental health support at your door
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        Mental health social work enabling better access
        Caring for a family member or friend with mental ill health
        An exercise in mental health fitness
        Leading experts inform mental health policy
        Kidney health mentors making a difference to mental wellbeing
        Football in the mental health space
        Shaping the medicine mindset
        Mental wellbeing is more than a state of mind
        Improving the mental health of rural youth
        Support for children when a parent works away
        Overcoming perinatal anxiety and depression
        Giving priority to local voices
        Men talking: challenging the stereotypes
        Support for staff supporting rural Australians
        I’m still here: mental health care for Aboriginal communities
        Telehealth lifestyle interventions
        Post-COVID-19 disordered eating behaviour in teens
        An innovative approach to create mentally healthy workplaces
        Telehealth support for perinatal mental health challenges
        Supporting child mental health and family resilience
        Impacts of climate events on mental health
        Anita
        Online help to navigate burnout
        Collaboration drives youth mental health support in the Kimberley
        Slowly breathe the nerves away
        Waking up to the problem of insomnia: can technology help?
        Memoirs of a junior doctor
        Tick-borne disease in rural areas: is there cause for concern?
      80
      • Editorial: Making rural women's health and wellbeing a priority
        Delegates call for urgent action to bridge rural healthcare gaps
        Courage from connection
        An integrated approach to maternal and child health care
        Electronic prescribing: supporting Australians in managing their health and wellbeing
        Mapping women’s health services for equity
        Providing life-saving gender choice to rural Victorians
        Rural community pharmacies building strong bonds
        More support needed for victims of coercive control
        Working a different angle at the coalface
        Capacity building in rural and remote nursing workforce
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        Sexual violence and rural health
        Focus on mothers and babies in remote areas
        Eliminating cervical cancer among all Australians
        Walking towards better health
        Perinatal mental health support during times of disaster
        Celebrating rural life with Friends of the Alliance
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        Resilience and connection: rural women in WA
        There’s no fair go without health equity
        Are you #Ready to Listen?
        Arts and health program captures hearts
        Sharing women's stories on stage
        Another drought to break: access to abortion services in rural NSW
        Wealth in walking
        An inconvenient journey
        Mental health screening with a culturally appropriate tool
        Culturally safe birthing for Cape
        Call to rethink abortion service accessibility
        Free preschool must not leave rural and regional women behind
        Innovative cervical screening to reduce mortality rates
        Helping dads help their partners
        Ensuring inclusion of LGBTQ patients in the bush
        Supporting research on gynaecological cancer
        GP climate activist goes viral
        The moments you spend with them matter
        Check thyroid health before planning a family
        ‘30 days sober’: one woman's journey to beat substance abuse
        New cancer support for Victorian women
        Honest discussions about perinatal anxiety and depression
        ‘Be there for others, but never leave yourself behind’
        Poem: Telling their stories
        Increasing access to reproductive health care
        Teledentistry: something to smile about
        Take pains to keep the pain away
        MBS changes can lead to reduced access to telehealth, researchers claim
      79
      • Editorial: Pulling together to manage climate and health disasters
        Don’t miss these keynote speakers at the 16th National Rural Health Conference
        Allies in rural health: using the full scope of practice of allied health professionals in rural and remote communities
        My Health Record relied upon during the pandemic
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        Delivering innovation for the health outcomes that matter to rural communities
        Stormbirds natural disaster program: supporting kids to fly
        Connecting primary healthcare services in Snowy Valleys
        Travelling physiotherapists bringing services in reach
        How can we help our kids to understand, cope and recover from floods?
        Meeting people where they’re at: a trauma-informed approach to disaster response
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        Telepharmacy: improving access to medical care for rural patients – a hospital pharmacy approach
        My brilliant career: new-grad optometrists on the challenges and rewards of regional practice
        Supporting young parents during unprecedented times
        What about us? Struggling to access specialist care for eating disorders in rural communities
        Playing with fire: helping children speak about the trauma of bushfire through play
        It: a bushfire poem
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        Maximising support for rural and remote NSW communities facing natural disaster and emergency
        Australia’s first online abortion and contraception primary care community of practice
        Dietitians on a mission to deliver despite food supply disruptions
        Need and opportunity for obstetrics in the Outback
        Kultchafi healing training rolls out across Australia
        Innovation and solidarity thrive in regional health education
        Entries open for 2022 Friends photo and poetry competition
        Play it forward! A plan for play therapy in the Lismore region
        Online support for health professionals
        The rise of dermatology FOAMed in the pandemic landscape
        Enhanced recovery after surgery: first better, then faster
        Community pharmacies adapt to tough times
      78
      • Editorial: Bold reform plan for rural health goes to the heart of local communities
        Three decades dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
        Texts for dads all over Australia
        Support for rural Australia begins with acknowledging diversity
        Boosting preconception health care
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        Saving lives by empowering rough sleepers
        Allied health outreach program benefits remote school children
        First students commence four-year medical degree in Dubbo
        Spread the word to help farmers learn new tools to cope
        Supporting the wellbeing of farmers must be a priority
        Think F.A.S.T: increasing stroke awareness
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        Livewire: supporting the mental wellbeing of seriously ill children
        Supporting rural communities with Senior Active Doctors
        Rural Aid triples counselling team
        Empower people to meaningfully connect in your community
        Seeking partners to support country children’s mental health
        Closing the health gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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        If there’s one positive from COVID-19 it’s telehealth – why throw it away?
        Improving rural health outcomes a priority for RACS
        Bringing general practice training back to the colleges
        Thank you to community pharmacists and pharmacy assistants
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        Improving health outcomes with new rural clinical trials network
        Rural communities missing out on much-needed palliative care
        Let’s Taco About It – helping young people with persistent pain
        Bringing FEAST to Australian rural and remote schools
        Making mental health and wellbeing as easy as child’s play
        Progress eliminating skin disease in northern Australia
        Putting rural communities at the centre of health care
        Promoting rural and remote clinical placements
        Training tomorrow’s health workforce in regional Victoria
        All Australians should have the medicines they need when they need them
        Increasing physiotherapy in comprehensive primary care
        Growing positive food habits in remote schools
        Heart Health Checks: increasing uptake in regional and remote Australia
        Investment needed in rural systems, organisations and networks
        We stand with people in the bush
        Increasing rural and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student enrolments in health
        Improving the client experience by analysing data
        Reconnecting and re-engaging after COVID-19
        Every moment matters
        Calls to improve health access in the bush
        Dementia in Practice podcast
        The flying play therapist helping children’s mental health and wellbeing
        CWA continuing good works in local communities
        New alliance to transform health care in WA has global possibilities
        Online wellbeing workshops for regional Victorian women
        Eyecare and glasses in urban, remote and rural Aboriginal communities
        Reflections about pain
        Redesigning rural health to improve dental outcomes
        Evaluating Indigenous eye health
        Teledermatology: the way of the future?
        Training and supporting GPs with quality, integrity and professionalism
        Purple House making families well on Country
        Reflections on harvest season and human challenges
      77
      • Editorial
        Technology embraced by rural generalists
        Increasing access through innovation
        Can digital health improve the lives of LGBTIQ+ people?
        Pioneers in telehealth: connecting outback communities with cancer care
        Australia-wide search finds innovation in chronic health care
        Early adopter of pharmacy-led telehealth providing remote access
        Virtual care technology showcases benefits of clinical pharmacy in rural and remote health care
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        Your medical career at your fingertips: from application to qualification
        Enhancing the quality of telesupervision to better support the rural health workforce
        Digital health: an ally for health promotion and prevention
        Congratulations to the 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health
        Community wi-fi increasing COVID-19 vaccination uptake in a remote Aboriginal homeland
        Telehealth in rural and remote communities
        Vaccine accessibility and technology help regional communities fight COVID-19, faster
        The reality of chronic pain in rural and remote communities
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        New research builds framework for innovation in rural health
        Vaccinating priority communities against COVID-19
        Territory Kidney Care: integrated chronic disease support in the NT
        Telehealth training for allied health and nursing students and clinicians
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        Expert women’s health care, always at hand
        Improving heart failure care through digital health education
        Innovative online resources support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector
        Go Rural Virtually: connecting health students with QLD communities
        ‘Join Us’ to get involved in medical research
        New roadmap for sustainable training of GPs in rural areas
        Empowering farmers to take health into their own hands
        Using computer vision to improve diagnosis
        Increasingly connected digital health services across rural and remote Australia
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        Using technology to report on GP services across Australia
        Digital technology strengthens community connections with Play Therapy
        Two birds, one phone: telehealth’s rural health and climate benefits
        Birdie and the Storm
        Switching ‘Walkin About’ to telehealth without missing a step
        Utilising technology to prevent vision loss: the PEHET project
        OurHerd storytelling app improving mental health support
        On the road to smarter stroke care
        TelePBS and resources improving rural and remote disability services
      76
      • Editorial: Passion, scholarly curiosity and professional drive abound in rural health
        Driven by ‘what good looks like’ in very remote health
        20-year commitment to upskilling rural health professionals
        Tackling rural health inequities through research connections
        Medical student trained in Emerald returns as GP registrar
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        The city-based rural superhero
        Dynamic duo building equitable access to surgical care
        Helping communities with kindness, gusto and professionalism
        Shaping the ethos and culture of Outback Futures
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        Life and work as a nursing academic in far-west NSW
        Shout out to COVID-19 vaccination staff
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        New beginnings in the Far North
        Achieving excellence in GP health care as a privileged listener
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        Young tall poppies in remote health honoured
        The 35-year learning journey of a proud non-Indigenous ally
        A lifetime commitment to women’s health
        A rural generalist, for love of community
        Grey nomad research: an unexpected journey with issues in recruitment
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        Embedding community pharmacists in rural health services
        Striving for emergency healthcare equality in remote communities
        Dietetics role offers grand slam of clinical, teaching and research
        CAA finding new ways to engage
        AMSA set for a big year in 2022
        Rural physios have great depth of skills and roles
        Newcastle clinical geneticist leads landmark study
      75
      • Editorial
        There is no stopping interprofessional education research
        Move with Mates program a boost for mental health
        Tresillian goes rural for parents and children
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        Budget delivers big for small town Australia
        Partnerships build capacity to support children
        Scoping the way for psychiatry in rural, regional and remote Australia
        Community pharmacists and universities improving frontline support
        Are we asking the right question on workforce issues?
        Ultrasound investment in compassionate care
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        Improving after-hours palliative care in Gippsland
        Region-specific research to help guide future dermatology workforce
        Experience helping attract rural dental workforce
        Healthier futures for girls in Solomon Islands
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        Evaluating medical training in a small country town
        Collaborations to support isolated new mums
        Pathway to success for rural higher education students
        Survivorship – life’s encore
        New support line extends expertise of psychiatrists to GPs in the Great Southern
        Rural research into violence leads to educational resource
        Good Tucker app promoting health nutrition in the Top End
        HipHop2SToP: Community driven and designed skin health promotion
        Finding superheros – Starlight’s recruitment challenge
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        Improving teacher wellbeing in remote Queensland
        Partnering to address rural health workforce challenges
        NT leading the way across Australia in advanced rural general practice
        Indigenous Voice to support lasting change
        The HAT fits every farmer using online health tool
        Shepparton internship program creating ‘home-grown’ social workers
        Local research collaboration to improve rural health
        Early detection and intervention to easily treat hereditary haemochromatosis
        ‘Quality experience’ research strengthening GP workforce
        New acute assessment protocols for remote primary health care
        Flinders University rural and remote health staff perspectives on research
        Supporting remote health workers to tackle Indigenous smoking
        Innovative interprofessional allied health student placements
        Workforce benefits of industry–university research partnerships
        Ambulance volunteer’s lifelong service recognised
        New approaches needed to fill gaps in rural dental care
        Using digital resources in mental health
        Supporting rural people living with diabetes
      74
      • Editorial: Experiences of COVID-19 in rural health
        A taste of COVID-19 culture change in the ED
        Experiences inside pandemic bubbles in regional health
        Time for a square deal for mental health
        Banksia support networks connecting men around mental health
        Exploring aged care services for older Aboriginal peoples in Eyre Peninsula
        Primary health care in disaster planning
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        COVID-19 outreach program targets high risk patients with chronic conditions
        A world without hugs and handshakes: The new ‘touch hunger’ pandemic
        Keeping the momentum on eye health equity
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        Taking to the skies with urgent stroke care
        The future of regional, rural and remote psychiatry
        Making high-quality healthcare accessible regardless of location
        Free online training for health professionals supporting new/expecting parents
        Navigating rural and remote oral health in South Australia
        Impact of COVID lockdown on aeromedical retrievals
        Supporting the next generation of rural health care workers
        Post-pandemic rehabilitation needs in regional, rural and remote Australia
        Rehabilitation and the challenges of limited services
        Why self-care should matter to healthcare workers
        Helping to improve health outcomes through connectivity
        Clinical guidance for ongoing symptoms post COVID-19 infection
        Managing asthma with confidence in a COVID world
        Pandemic no barrier for remote research
        Mindset matters in skilling rural, regional and remote workforce
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        La Trobe University supports regional health during the pandemic
        Medical workforce fatigue is the other 'long COVID'
        A Poem - Keeping COVID out
        Making telehealth a normal part of health care post pandemic
        Supporting digital inclusion for better rural health outcomes
        Men’s mental health and COVID-19
        COVID-19 impacts Australia’s organ donation program DonateLife
        Responsive delivery by CheckUP Outreach services
        COVID highlights healthcare needs of country mums
        Magda Szubanski talks mental health at Marshman Centre oration
        Survey shows resilience of students in rural clinical placements
        Near, far, wherever nurses are …
        Physio in the spotlight during pandemic
        Don’t hang up on telehealth
      73
      • Editorial: Our unprecedented year leading to step-change in rural health
        The value in preventing and reducing stroke
        Back to the future in rural health?
        Attracting and retaining a rural health workforce
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        From undergraduate to general practice
        A raw real glimpse of changing life
        Outreach services worth their weight in gold
        ‘Struth’ moments bring relief after challenging year
        Partnering with community to design and develop ‘service learning’ in ACCHOs
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        Australia – the healthy country?
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        Finding information about kidney disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Cancer care and recovery during COVID-19
        Preventing health impacts of climate change must be in National Preventive Health Strategy
        National exercise project extended for another year
        Join Us: Connecting Australians to the national research effort
        Thought about starting a heart health support group?
        Rural virtual placement experiences as social work students
        Innovative program brings vitality back to the elderly
        Community pharmacies providing a ‘mental health safe space’
        Private health insurance funding for mental health care in Australia
        Country kids need more mental health support and at a younger age
        Podcasts helping navigate rural medicine
      72
      • Editorial: highlighting food and economic security
        '... know that the spring will come': arts and health in post COVID-19 lutruwita/Tasmania
        Telehealth support of trained Aboriginal Health Practitioners way forward in regional and remote eye care
        Increasing affordability of healthy diet should be key priority in COVID-19 response
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        A skilled health workforce more important than ever
        Living on tinned food: food insecurity in the Gemfields
        Healthy smiles and cheeky dogs
        Community pharmacy: the economic hub of rural areas
        Towards the first residential care farm in Australia
        The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet: finding information about economic determinants
        Staying food secure during COVID-19 in Central West Gippsland
        Working holiday recharges professional batteries
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        Play leads the way for school success
        Universities vital for regional economies
        Much-needed resources for health professionals in drought and bushfire-affected communities
        Music and medicine: A story of two songs and two outback men
        Telehealth to empower rural patients with musculoskeletal pain
        Let's speed up the Very Fast Train
        Don't leave oral health care for older people behind in the pandemic
      71
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        Editorial: Every cloud has a silver lining
        When the rocket ship can't land: How Starlight is supporting remote clinics in the NT
        A passion for public health in a pandemic
        Feeling the impact
        Environment the focus at pre-Symposium session
        Horses have big hearts and are full of love
        New resources to support Stolen Generations survivors
        Lighting the path for rural internships
        Food security in spotlight
        Connecting Friends in 2020-21
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        When isolation is second nature
        Adapting rural physiotherapy placements for COVID-19
        Working together with a shared understanding: growing workforce putting farmer health in the spotlight
        Regional development: a health boost for post-COVID Australia
        Poetry: Mother Nature
        Poetry: Dream of a Little Baby Siya
        Keeping remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities safe from COVID-19
        A creative focus on mental health
        Innovative models for health student placements in times of COVID-19: Learning from our UDRHs
        Asthma education in the spotlight
        Community pharmacists local heroes during COVID-19
        Change and innovation for rural health in Western Australia: a silver lining to the COVID-19 pandemic
        It's more than just medicine
        Remote and rural health care in an online world
        Five things to consider for those planning a pregnancy this year
        Glad I'm here and not there
        Poetry: Solutions for Rural Healthcare
        Rapid action force for rapidly spreading fires
        COVID-19 Update and information section to keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities informed
        Helping remote families travel to medical appointments
      70
      • Editorial: Putting climate and health on the agenda
        Telehealth shoots for the skies
        Record crop of bush health students
        7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium may be a virtual experience
        We really should have listened earlier: Linking livelihoods and climate change
        New Year’s Eve at Malua Bay
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        Hazy Sundays: call for targeted research into the impact of bushfires on health
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        The costs of climate change are already upon us. We must prepare for the next emergency.
        The importance of staying hydrated for people living with dementia
        Climate change and the important link to health planning
        Planet: Save me, and I will save you
        Addressing mental health needs across rural Victoria with student placements
        Five reasons why online therapy is the way of the future
        Connecting the pipeline in rural WA
        The greenhouse gases behind waste – Why recycling in health care needs to be the new normal
        Workforce challenges that impact the continuity of health care in Northern Territory communities
        Royal Far West supporting children in disaster-affected communities
        North Coast NSW’s disaster response supports communities through bushfires
        Monash University medical students support the rural community of East Gippsland affected by recent bushfires
        Poem: Raising the dead
        From drought to flood in a flash
        Is the amount of physical activity you do impacted by climate change?
        Where health and climate issues collide
        Social prescribing provides a potential script for patients outside cities
        Ignorance is not bliss - Why improving rural residents' health literacy for smoke exposure will not be enough
        We must look after our mental health in the face of climate change
        Australia must act to protect our mental and physical health
        Ten to Men: Australia's first longitudinal study into men's health
        Up to date information on environmental health including climate change
        Prepare your patients to weather asthma triggers
      69
      • Real progress: the 2019 Update of the Roadmap to Close the Gap for Vision
        Harnessing telehealth for rural and remote Australia
        Editorial: Thinking about connectivity and rural health
        Beyond Blue’s online forums are supporting rural Australians
        Preparing for summer: Heat, climate change and regional Australia
        7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium - register now!
        20 years of friendship
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        Spotlight on ambulance services
        Women’s Health Queensland: supporting women across the state for 35 years
        Destination Medicine podcast launched
        Telehealth in residential aged care improving access and keeping residents out of hospital
        Five ways we're using digital health tools
        Occupational therapy students provide valuable services to elderly people in rural Victoria
        Umbo connecting rural children to speech and occupational therapists
        Telehealth a game-changer for rural and remote allied health
        Helping us to make healthier food choices
        National survey to investigate complex mental health lived experience
        Pain revolution rolling into regional Victoria in 2020
        Collaboration and innovation – mental health support for ‘high risk’ workers in rural and remote Australia
        Digital connectivity key to rural health
        Farmers and chemicals: the importance of avoidance, education and testing
        Improving connections between mental health practitioners: a success story from northern Tasmania
        Helping men to lead longer, happier and more fulfilling lives
        New free preventing stillbirth eLearning, guidelines and resources
        Using technology to better manage chronic health conditions
        Working towards a vision of no Australian harmed by haemochromatosis
        Exercise classes via telehealth
        Connectivity and upskilling in life support education
        Telehealth improves sustainability of services to rural and remote communities
        An app to improve access to AOD service information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
      68
      • Camping on Country - our health our way
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        Resilient communities supporting individuals to flourish: a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        A new plan for action on pain in rural and remote Australia
        Health precincts in regional Australia: where are the hotspots?
        My Health Record, rural and remote, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
        A unique and vital role in rural primary health care
        Alliance takes its priorities to Parliament House
        Editorial: 12 weeks in…
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        Understanding resilience: a research project
        NRHA Council engages in arts therapy workshop
        Opportunity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to share their voice on Closing the Gap
        Get the facts on the rural health workforce
        Building links through Friends of the Alliance
        Scientific Symposium in Alice Springs shaping the future of rural and remote health
        ‘Young Doctors’ program in NSW rural primary schools
        Working with Ngangkaris in remote Central Australia
        We can close the gap for vision
        Volunteering at Purple House
        Using technology to reach the regions
        Uluru Statement strongly supported by peak rural health body
        Tarumbal Smiles - a cavity free future for children at a Central Queensland kindergarten
        Tackling the syphilis outbreak in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
        The role of cultural safety in the care of Indigenous Australians
        Taking a full-service dental clinic to the edge of the Gibson Desert
        International conference focuses on sustainable development, ecological & cultural determinants of health
        A powerful force for Indigenous health
        Partnering for positive health experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
        Methamphetamine use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Managing asthma in the hay fever and thunderstorm season
        Learning program supports better outcomes for Indigenous families
        A typical day in environmental health - a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        Mentor program supporting Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander nurses, midwives & allied health professionals
        The world's First Nations peoples call for change
        Ewe management course brings farmers together to support one another
        Striving to make a difference on Mornington Island – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        Funding for locum assistance program extended
        Finding my space in rural primary health care – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        A billing platform for rural health services
        Embedding retinal photography into primary health care
        A national plan for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce
        A little bit of help can go a long way
        The burden of musculoskeletal pain in rural and remote Australia
        Maningrida continues its fight against rheumatic heart disease
        A strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce is key
      67
      • Aboriginal kids on country
        My view from the West: a Friends 'My Place' story
        Arresting the decline in Aboriginal Health Worker numbers essential to Closing the Gap
        A call for action on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health & climate change
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        Website assists rural people to manage diabetes
        Supporting cattle station workers’ health and wellbeing
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        Rural doctors recognised as mentors
        Mud shot wins photo competition
        Trio humbled by health awards
        Building health and wellbeing through the arts
        Editorial: Will Greg Hunt be good for rural health?
        Burdekin doctor loves working in rural and remote communities
        Preconception health: what every rural GP should know
        Some days I feel I have the best job in the world – a Friends ‘My Place’ story
        High quality maternity services are needed in the bush
        R U really OK?
        Keeping children safe on farms
        A journey from hope to despair and back again: the NDIS in rural SA
        Mental health: rural health workers need more training and support
        Locum service gives a helping hand
        No time for games: health professionals campaign for children’s future
        More accessible medical services for rural communities
        Livewire - connecting chronically ill youth across the country
        Cooee – we are “Better Together”: a song of a Conference
        Women’s leadership development: grants available
        Forbes pharmacy wins national award
        Supporting children when disaster strikes
        Are rural young people using the Internet to support their health?
        An interdisciplinary learning experience in Tamworth
        Country kids are missing out on essential health services
        Climate change threatens the health and wellbeing of rural Australians
        Changes to kava import restrictions – what are the implications for Aboriginal communities?
        Better together: the National Rural Health Conference, Hobart 2019
        New guidelines for asthma care and management
        “A 24-weeker was born today” – parenting a premature infant in a rural area
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      • Top 10 public health successes over the last 20 years: what have they done for rural health?
        Dynamic duo delivering NDIS services to Normanton and Doomadgee – a Friends 'My Place' story
        Medically abandoned in Australia
        Life lessons: learning between generations
        Tucka-Time: teaching skills for a healthy life
        New facility supports the health and wellbeing of thousands of country children
        Government recognises allied health at MPs’ forum
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        Editorial: Making a difference to rural health
        Climate change and health in rural Australia
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        How about we work together to shape Australia’s rural research priorities and agenda?
        Older people flown to hospital for preventable illness
        Rural health conference tackling many issues
        Senator’s scholarship made studying dentistry possible for 10 rural NSW students
        Better together in the Sharing Shed
        Community led research for better health and wellbeing of Australia’s First Nations
        Opening up the world of arts and health at 15NRHC
        Ten Days on the Island
        At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients
        Regional training hub supporting doctors to practise rurally
        Advanced emergency skills training in Hobart
        Resilience - a positive characteristic for rural and remote health practitioners
        Scholarship opportunity for research into ear, nose and throat care
        An Australian doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières
        Tony Lord optometrist – vision for rural NSW
        The Purple House: Sarah celebrates 16 years – a Friends 'My Place' story
        Mental health and wellbeing events for farming families in South Australia
        The need for sustained action to improve eye health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Healthy rural and remote areas require governments to govern for health, sustainability and equity
        Healthy heart peer support program launched across Australia
        Video conferencing for learning on children’s health
        Climate change (a poem)
        Public health journal tackles climate change
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      • Rural community leads the fight against rheumatic heart disease
        A bulk-billing telehealth psychology practice for rural and remote Australians
        My body has changed BUT I’m still me
        How to navigate travelling with a person who is living with dementia
        Cultural immersion at Karntimarta
        Editorial: A rural take on chronic disease
        Challenging times for rural pharmacies
        Research study on managing severely injured patients
        National guideline to improve diagnostic practices for Australians on the autism spectrum
        Lawyers and health professionals are working together to create change
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        Celebrate life in rural Australia – enter the Friends Photo and Poetry Competition
        Paramedics pilot program to test advanced care services in rural and remote Australia
        Grants for rural and remote nurses and midwives
        How the rural ‘can-do’ approach enables GPs to overcome the challenges of rural and remote medicine
        Tasmanian Wellness Framework: improving the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians with chronic conditions
        Targeting incentives to attract more doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to rural areas
        Students learn the art of medicine
        A safety net wherever you travel
        Opportunities for nurses working in primary health care
        National plan to address Australia’s burden of pain
        National conference will focus on the importance of a multi-sectoral approach to rural health
        Medical training designed to meet the health needs of rural communities
        Health problems caused by mould and biotoxins prompt Parliamentary inquiry
        Diabetes educator improving the health of northern Queenslanders through understanding and prevention
        Bone health in Australia: the costs, the risks and the role of health professionals
        Barriers to accessing quality palliative care – community consultations
        Always choosing your own adventure: the life of a rural GP
        Addressing chronic pain in country SA
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      • Regional seminars focus on spiritual care in aged care
        Flying Doctor looking ahead to the health needs of country Australia in 2028
        Inspiring the next generation of health professionals
        Editorial: CouncilFest – definitively Better Together
        Overcoming barriers to better health in Queensland's Lower Gulf
        Sculpture festival helps farmers and community to flourish in hard times
        Pain Revolution gears up to change pain treatment in rural Australia
        PM announces Royal Commission into aged care
        Alliance celebrates 25th anniversary
        Alliance Council engages with Federal Parliament
        CouncilFest brings Alliance members together
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        NRHA adopts Reconciliation Action Plan
        Time to start thinking about the Friends Photo and Poetry Competition
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        Rural Health Awards now seeking nominations from Friends
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        Better Together in nipaluna/Hobart, March 2019 – Early bird registration now open!
        A history of the NSW Prison Medical Service – can you contribute?
        Mental health nurses bring integrated care in Far West NSW
        Keeping healthy in rural and remote mining communities: residents have their say
        Conference focuses on health research to improve health outcomes in Western NSW
        Author brings community perspective to ACRRM Board
        Remote monitoring helps Dan manage his heart condition
        Improving transfer of care for patients on the NSW north coast
        A country locum’s travels around South Australia (book review)
        Staying healthy with healthdirect
        Anti-Poverty Week: a time to highlight the link between rural health and rural poverty
        Improving end-of-life health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
        Review brings together information on cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        Federal Government initiatives aim to improve access to health services for rural people
        Leading the way in health workforce planning
        Medical Research Future Fund: can it deliver for rural and remote Australia?
        Bright future for medical education in Central West NSW
        It's the season for thunderstorm asthma
        Saving rural maternity units
        Ten years of postgraduate Agricultural Health and Medicine training
        More disability supports for country families
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      • Who’s joining up to My Health Record – and who’s not?
        Editorial: What about allied health?
        Rural Health Journal out next Wednesday 20 June!
        National autism guideline waiting for approval
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        She's called "The Bridge" - the inspirational story of Gail Yarran
        Alternatives to codeine in rural and remote Australia
        New Alliance analysis lays bare the rural mental health crisis
        The Royal Flying Doctor Service is after your thoughts on mental health
        Rural health & the Federal Budget: just the beginning
        $20K available for rural mental health projects
        “Pleasures that the townsfolk never know” – meet the Friends Advisory Committee
        Training dentistry students to recognise and respond to domestic violence
        Wagga Wagga pharmacy is national Pharmacy of the Year
        OK. I'll eat more fruit. But vegies? Do I have to?
        Snowy Flamingos reveal huge out-of-pocket costs
        Snowy Flamingos - surviving cancer in style
        Here's proof: rural and remote health research critically underfunded
        Rural and outback paramedics ROAR into Alice Springs
        Riding for a revolution in chronic pain
        AIHW - Survey of health care in remote areas
        Ophthalmologist Ashish Agar - Mentor of the Year
        Online forums for rural mental health
        Three Friends of the Alliance Awards up for grabs
        Major review of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition
        Victorian GPs get a hand with country kids' health
        Allied health - let's prove our worth
        Ballarat physiotherapist recognised in Stroke Foundation Awards
        Rural educator signs Compact with Federal Government
        15th National Rural Health Conference: a healthy mix of policy, research, celebration and networking
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      • Editorial: Codeine and the inter-connectedness of rural and remote vulnerability
        Changing the trajectory of childhood vulnerability in regional Australia
        Sharing a heartbeat: a film on rheumatic heart disease in pregnancy
        Wide Smiles bringing oral health care to children in South Western Victoria
        Carer Gateway
        Help for perinatal anxiety and depression a phone call away
        Focus on health in Circular Head
        Shaping the 2018 Budget to improve rural health
        Rural health research in front
        From Christchurch to Tennant Creek: NZ nurse Anna Curtin is now sharing her skills in the NT
        Green and healthy hospitals and health services
        Birdie and Mr Frog: helping young rural families cope with extreme weather events
        Managing diabetes in regional Queensland
        Frontline fighting: tackling diabetes through primary health care in rural and regional South Australia
        Improving eye care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes
        Ed’s story the catalyst for online learning resource on caring for a person with Lewy body dementia
        Everyone would like more Friends …
        Closing the Gap a focus for GPEx
        Meet the Alliance’s Friends Advisory Committee
        Regional consortium supports home care for older people
        There’s one thing the town doesn’t have, and one thing Stephanie really needs: an optometrist
        Carl Barker: a change of career
        The changing landscape for rural and remote allied health
        Break it Down: community conversation around mental health
        Mental wellness program for school kids in regional WA
        Noela’s years of distinguished service to rural Australia recognised
        15th National Rural Health Conference: we can do even better!
        Did you know that you can donate to the NRHA to assist in our work?
        Flu vaccinations now available through community pharmacies
        Strengthening rural doctors’ capacity to address family violence
        Conference devoted to Closing the Gap on hearing loss
        eBook and animated infographics to support the alcohol and other drugs workforce
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      • Editorial: A big year planned for 2018 in rural and remote health
        Heart disease challenges rural and remote Australia
        Hope for Health: preventing chronic disease in East Arnhem Land with experiential nutrition education
        Smart phone app provides a simple way to identify Good Tucker
        HESTA - no butts about it
        The growing vulnerability of country children
        Supporting women’s wellbeing in remote Queensland
        Port Augusta doctor recognised for her passion for health care in an area of need
        Regional arts creates a healthy agenda
        Developing a pathway for allied health rural generalists
        Riding to raise funds for basic health care in PNG
        Free 24/7 professional online counselling for regional South Australia
        Consumer representation in the National Rural Health Alliance through Friends
        Locally grown mental health support in WA’s Goldfields region
        Our stories: videos capture the effects of mental illness on families
        New multimedia resources to support eye care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes
        Award winning induction program for aged care workers
        Technology helping elders in aged care to stay meaningfully connected
        Codeine rescheduling an opportunity to address the pain crisis
        Rural doctors’ association welcomes a safer era for codeine use in Australia
        6th RRHS Symposium will explore current research in rural and remote health
        Management development program developed specifically for remote health service managers
        Best practice manuals for remote health care
        Opportunity for training in agricultural health and medicine
        Health leadership congress addressed change readiness
        Sharing resources so the whole community benefits: lessons from the Rural Remote Social Work Practice Conference
        Leadership development grants for health sector women
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      • Editorial: Affordable, acceptable and appropriate access to health services for country people
        The Lions Outback Vision Van’s very first trip to Albany in 2016
        A step in the right direction
        Harnessing corporate relationships to improve health outcomes in rural and remote Australia
        no butts about it We’ve implemented a portfolio-wide tobacco exclusion. Has your super fund?
        As the bush burned
        Highlighting poverty in rural Australia: Anti-Poverty Week, 15-21 October
        GPs meeting the needs of rural communities: the pathway to rural generalism
        From country kids to rural doctors: the journey of doctors who grew up in the bush
        APY Lands Exchange inspires two-way learning
        Continence Foundation conference
        Important online resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health celebrates 20 years
        New wholesale plans to deliver increased broadband data limits for rural customers
        The National Rural Health Commissioner: a champion for rural healthcare
        Towards equity in aged care for regional, rural and remote Australia
        Collaborating to create local solutions for mental health care
        Friends of the Alliance – a voice for rural and remote health consumers
        Playing a role in the prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
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      • Editorial: A call for action to improve policies and programs for rural health
        New guidelines address the safety of the remote health workforce
        Rural Australia in words and pictures
        Mallee sunset over a canola paddock
        HESTA - sometimes you just want more
        Starlight and Earbus: improving the ear health of children in remote WA
        A healthy start in life: the NHMRC evaluates the evidence
        Better broadband in the bush
        Australia’s investment in regional broadband
        Prevention at the grassroots
        Getting the facts about ice: a toolkit for Australian communities
        Arts and health at the Conference
        Living the rural life
        Gunnedah optometrist recognised for decades of service to his community
        Congratulations to our friend Dr James Fitzpatrick
        Henry receives sight saving surgery
        Building capacity for primary eye care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
        Online training supports diabetic retinopathy screening in primary health care
        ‘Simply’ better access to pathology diagnostics is not so simple
        National strategy improving access and outcomes for people with pain
        Unsung Hero Award a family affair
        Wuchopperen Health Service cultural programs
        Could this be motor neurone disease?
        Training program boosting access to quality emergency care across Australia
        Alcohol and drugs outreach services expanding in Western NSW
        Poster presentations: another valuable resource from the National Rural Health Conference
        Bad behaviour not always naughty kids
        Trailblazers: for young people doing great things in regional Australia
        GP video consultations a success in residential aged care
        Aged and palliative care linkages in rural Victoria
        Spirituality connections and caring for older people
        Queensland Health serving rural and remote Queensland
        Join Friends and help keep the Alliance connected and informed!
        The World Summit on Rural Generalist Medicine makes progress in Cairns
        Mental wellbeing in Queensland’s Central Highlands
        Generally speaking: JCU’s allied health rural generalist program
        Young doctors in race to ‘save lives’ at Rottnest
        University of Wollongong making a rural impact
        The journey to excellence in rural general practice
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      • Editorial: It’s time – for a new, separate national strategy on rural health
        Pumped Hydro Energy Storage – pumped rural health
        Aboriginal Health Workers at the National Gallery
        HESTA - your future divided
        Raising funds for country kids
        The importance of broadband to health outcomes in rural and remote Australia
        Life chances are often shaped long before birth
        Strengthening South Australia’s rural GP pipeline
        The nbn™ network and a world of possibilities
        Continence Foundation
        Continence information in one online location
        Forum identifies priority areas for health in the Pilbara
        CQUniversity expands health course offerings
        Awards recognise outstanding rural doctor mentors
        Dietitians take action for reconciliation
        Friends at the Conference
        Tobacco smoking a leading health risk among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        The gap for vision is closing
        A Conference that leads to real changes
        Asbestos awareness - were your home or any structures on your property built or renovated before 1987?
        Trial increases cancer screening rates
        Unlocking the potential of rural and remote communities
        Top ranked abstract addresses the place of research in rural health organisations
        Ryan’s Rule promotes patient safety
        Support International Gynaecological Awareness Day on 10 September
        Supporting children with autism, their parents and teachers through tele-consultancy
        North and West Rural Health
        Four reasons not to miss the 14th World Rural Health Conference
        Lions Outback Vision Van one year on
        Young rural advocates heading north to Cairns
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        Editorial: Investing in the wellbeing of rural and remote Australia
        Addressing rural and remote health at the National Press Club
        HESTA
        A paramedic intern in the Northern Territory
        #ruralhealthconf - the place to be is Cairns, 26-29 April 2017
        Rural doctor completes world’s toughest horse race for rural mental health
        Developing leaders in agricultural health and medicine
        Flying Doctor is expanding its dental outreach program
        Women’s leadership development programs – opportunities available for the health sector
        GP training benefits from cross-border collaboration
        Opening up the conversation about rural suicide
        Volunteers the key to compassionate care for those reaching the end of their lives
        Online wellbeing program helping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
        Sharing information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health
        Vision loss still affects too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
        A routine eye examination prevents a stroke
        Reaching out to new fathers through texts
        Improving education for children with autism wherever they live
        Early intervention helping children with autism and their families in rural Tasmania
        Elder abuse – inquiry into the laws protecting vulnerable older Australians
        Heart maps reveal more hospital admissions for heart conditions in rural and remote Australia
        Food security and health in rural and remote Australia
        Investing in suitable housing means more older people can stay in the rural communities they call home
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Affordable, acceptable and appropriate access to health services for country people
Editorial: Affordable, acceptable and appropriate access to health services for country people
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Semi trailer with rainbow
The Lions Outback Vision Van’s very first trip to Albany in 2016
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Sara in action
A step in the right direction
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RFDS staff in front of TAL banner
Harnessing corporate relationships to improve health outcomes in rural and remote Australia
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no butts about it We’ve implemented a portfolio-wide tobacco exclusion. Has your super fund?

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She heard his boots upon the ground and saw his tear stained face As they scanned their land together, their home was gone with little trace.
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Anti-Poverty Week 15-21 October 2017
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GPs meeting the needs of rural communities: the pathway to rural generalism
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RAMUS
From country kids to rural doctors: the journey of doctors who grew up in the bush
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Anangu Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, medical students, Remote communities, Cultural safety, Children
APY Lands Exchange inspires two-way learning
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Official anniversary event in Parliament House Canberra L-R Neil Drew, Colleen Hayward, Hon Ken Wyatt MP, John Finlay Jones, Mick Adams
Important online resource for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health celebrates 20 years
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NBN solar powered remote internet satelllite receiver
New wholesale plans to deliver increased broadband data limits for rural customers
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The National Rural Health Commissioner: a champion for rural healthcare
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Older couple holding hands graphic
Towards equity in aged care for regional, rural and remote Australia
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Collaborating to create local solutions for mental health care
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Chris Moorhouse
Friends of the Alliance – a voice for rural and remote health consumers
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Playing a role in the prevention of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

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