Issue 66

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Public Health Association of Australia recently released its report on the Top 10 public health successes over the last 20 years
Top 10 public health successes over the last 20 years: what have they done for rural health?
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Eileen Hewitt (l) and Hollie Fisher (r)
Dynamic duo delivering NDIS services to Normanton and Doomadgee – a Friends 'My Place' story
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Young girl in bed in hospital
Medically abandoned in Australia
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Young girl interviewing elderly woman
Life lessons: learning between generations
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Two girls preparing food
Tucka-Time: teaching skills for a healthy life
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At the opening ceremony MC Daniel Gibson from Prime7 Television interviews a client family from Gunnedah. (L-R) Royal Far West Social Worker Verity Ashover, Thomas, Tyler, Kellyann and Caroline Earl, Daniel Gibson
New facility supports the health and wellbeing of thousands of country children
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Professor Paul Worley National Rural Health Commissioner, Mark Diamond, National Rural Health Alliance CEO; Dr Ayman Shenouda, Rural GP, RACGP Vice President and RACGP Rural Chair; and Tanya Lehmann, National Rural Health Alliance Chair at the Forum
Government recognises allied health at MPs’ forum
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Conference big screen
Editorial: Making a difference to rural health
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Larapinta trail bushfires
Climate change and health in rural Australia
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Love rural tshirt design
Meet the Alliance in Hobart
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Research priorities for rural health
How about we work together to shape Australia’s rural research priorities and agenda?
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Report cover older woman
Older people flown to hospital for preventable illness
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15th National Rural Health Conference speakers
Rural health conference tackling many issues
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Scholarship recipients Amelia Judson (2013), Alayne White (2012) and Jessica Powell (2011) with Senator John Williams when he visited Charles Sturt University, Orange, in 2013
Senator’s scholarship made studying dentistry possible for 10 rural NSW students
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15th National Rural Health Conference Sharing Shed
Better together in the Sharing Shed
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Lowitja logo over smoking ceromony
Community led research for better health and wellbeing of Australia’s First Nations
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RED Liz Lea. Liz Lea is a performer, choreographer and producer who specialises in working with classical Indian dance and martial arts. RED explores Liz’s journey and experiences with endometriosis.
Opening up the world of arts and health at 15NRHC
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Ten Days on the Island
Ten Days on the Island
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caring@home resources graphic with three faces
At-home palliative care for rural and remote patients
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Justine Brindle (far left) and Linda Cutler (far right) with sponsored attendees at the 2018 Rural Medicine Australia Conference
Regional training hub supporting doctors to practise rurally
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New born baby's foot
Advanced emergency skills training in Hobart
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Superhero image
Resilience - a positive characteristic for rural and remote health practitioners
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Ear inspection
Scholarship opportunity for research into ear, nose and throat care
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Lisa Searle in in Baraka
An Australian doctor with Médecins Sans Frontières
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Tony Lord
Tony Lord optometrist – vision for rural NSW
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The Purple Truck
The Purple House: Sarah celebrates 16 years – a Friends 'My Place' story
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Children painting at the Wellbeing workshops on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsular
Mental health and wellbeing events for farming families in South Australia
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Close up of eye
The need for sustained action to improve eye health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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dead tree over dried cracked mud
Healthy rural and remote areas require governments to govern for health, sustainability and equity
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Heart shape cut from apple
Healthy heart peer support program launched across Australia
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graphic of peoples heads
Video conferencing for learning on children’s health
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Wind turbine in field
Climate change (a poem)
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Iceberg image with heart
Public health journal tackles climate change