Report on the Fourth World Rural Health Congress: Calgary, Canada, 16-19 August 2000

  • Steve Reid University of Natal
  • Ian Couper Medunsa

Abstract

This conference was the fourth in a series of international conferences on Rural Health, the second such conference having been held here in Durban, South Africa in 1997. The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) has supported a Working Party on Rural Practice,chaired by Prof Roger Strasser of Australia, and this group has taken responsibility for not only organizing this annual conference but also drawing up and disseminating policy documents on rural health.
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