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Bringing Health Careers and Training to Bush Kids
Educational attainment declines the further you move away from the city contributing to high youth unemployment and long term health...
Oct 24, 20233 min read


A Marathon Effort: Aboriginal health trainees get to work
Health workforce shortages in rural and remote Australia results in rural residents experiencing health outcomes well below the levels of...
Oct 23, 20232 min read


Dental Check: Improving oral health access for rural kids
Access to dental health care in rural and remote Australia continues to be a major challenge. Oral health is an important part of overall...
Oct 23, 20232 min read


How rural Canada can attract and retain international health-care providers: Address discrimination
Natalya Brown, Nipissing University; Melissa Kelly, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Victoria Esses, Western University Smaller...
Aug 31, 20224 min read


Healthy Communities: A case for structural change in how we manage our health
Looking at our health system from an outsider’s perspective, governments wanting to reduce the unsustainable growth of health budgets should
Feb 14, 20226 min read

OPINION: Out with the New, In with the Old
Rural and Remote Medical Services Ltd (or RARMS for short) was established by rural doctors in NSW as a charity in 2001 to help rural and...
Aug 17, 20213 min read


Mark Burdack, CEO of THCFA
Mark Burdack was appointed as the CEO of The healthy Communities Foundation Australia (formerly Rural and Remote Medical Services) in...
Aug 17, 20215 min read

Congratulations Margie!
Congratulations to Margie Pippos from Brewarinna who received a brand new iPad for participating in the 2020 Rural and Remote Communities...
Dec 23, 20201 min read
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