Public health has been transforming less advantaged rural communities insub-SaharanAfricawitha focuson improving technologies, and providing skilledmanpower tomanage and maintain them. Meanwhile, development and health indicators have continued to slide or remain below optimal levels. This failure is blamed on factors such as civil conflict, corruption, and conservativeness of traditional commu...

KEY FINDINGS (1) 11.4 million people faced some degree of deterioration in geographic access to emergency care between 2001 and 2005. (2) Residents in rural communities have poorer access to emergency depart­ments at baseline and experienced a greater decline in emergency depart­ment access than those living in urban communities between 2001 and 2005. (3) Deteriorating access to emergency depar...

This paper explores the impact of e-learning and e-government initiatives on rural communities in Australia. It discusses some of the initiatives, analyses a number of impact analysis frameworks, and includes the findings from a selected set of initiatives. It is a preliminary analysis of qualitative data discussing the outcomes achieved from the initiatives in terms of social, human, financial...

Access to medical services in rural communities, especially in the developing world, is extremely limited. Medical expert systems can play a significant role in alleviating this problem by providing decision support in the giving of advice on diagnosis, treatment and disease management. This study built a prototype for diabetes, a chronic illness affecting millions across the globe. Preliminary...

Sixty million US residents live in rural areas, but health policies and interventions developed from an urban mindset often fail to address the significant barriers to health experienced by these local communities. Telepsychology, or psychological services delivered by distance via technology, is an emerging treatment modality with special implications for underserved rural areas. This study fo...

Attracting and retaining a skilled labour force is a critical yet complex issue for rural and remote communities. This article reports the findings of a study investigating the current approaches to attraction and retention in two separate Australian regions. Building on previously developed models, this research analyses the roles employers and wider communities are playing, or potentially cou...

Citation: Sambo M, Johnson PCD, Hotopp K, Changalucha J, Cleaveland S, Kazwala R, Lembo T, Lugelo A, Lushasi K, Maziku M, Mbunda E, Mtema Z, Sikana L, Townsend SE and Hampson K (2017) Comparing Methods of Assessing Dog Rabies Vaccination Coverage in Rural and Urban Communities in Tanzania. Front. Vet. Sci. 4:33. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00033 comparing Methods of assessing Dog rabies Vaccination...

South Africa’s poor rural communities have been provided ICT services through universal service access initiatives such as telecentres for some years. The objective of such initiatives and the soon to be introduced under-serviced area operators is to facilitate the development of poor rural communities. This paper discusses the successes and shortcomings of deployed ICT solutions. Service provi...

We genotyped Chlamydia trachomatis strains from 45 women or men living in either a rural indigenous community or in urban heterosexual communities. We found six different C. trachomatis serovars: E (n = 22; 48.9%), F (n = 10; 22.2%), J/Ja (n = 5; 11.1%), D/Da (n = 4; 8.9%), G (n = 3; 6.7%), and K (n = 1; 2.2%). The distribution of C. trachomatis serovars among members of the indigenous rural an...

Significantly, the school has already forged strong partnerships with communities in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven districts, as was clear from the many community leaders present at the ceremony. The GSM’s primary goal is to graduate doctors committed to serving in regional, rural and remote Australia. In the words of the university’s Vice-Chancellor, the school’s model is designed “to address t...