ural development globally faces interconnected challenges, including poverty, food insecurity and lack of economic opportunities, inadequate infrastructure and the impacts of climate change. These ...

Physician practices in rural areas of the country are being acquired by hospitals and healthcare systems at a dramatic rate. Between July 2012 and July 2015, hospital employment of physicians and ...

Women and girls are not intrinsically vulnerable but their social, economic and political conditions make them susceptible to risks and vulnerabilities. In the context of the 2030 Agenda for ...

The study showed that the corporate consolidation of medical practices and the resulting decrease in access to healthcare services in rural areas is accelerating. A new analysis has found that access ...

In 2006, Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, was contending with poor infrastructure and service delivery, and a complex political and social context. Limited inclusion of women in ...

SALINA, KANSAS—The University of Kansas School of Medicine – Salina opened in 2011—a one-building campus in the heart of wheat country dedicated to producing the rural doctors the country needs. Now, ...