Public health & community medicine

National body working to improve the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas.

The Australian Federal Government's former regional, rural and remote health website which advised on general rural health strategies and delivered a range of targeted activities. Includes the National Strategic Framework for Rural and Remote Health. (Please note: This website is no longer maintained, last update June 2016.)

Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics, highlighting some of the risks, the associated statistics and the current work being done on rural health in Australia.

Published 31 March 2008
This report focuses on a comprehensive range of health issues concerning people living in rural, regional and remote Australia. Authored by AIHW.