A new African voice for Rural and Remote Health
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The e-journal Rural and Remote Health (RRH) is pleased to announce the launch of an African section of the Journal, under the section editorship of Ian Couper, Professor of Rural Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Professor Couper says: "This is a landmark for rural health in Africa. We trust it will become an important forum for health workers and researchers in Africa, and those concerned with its immense challenges."
The journal provides free access to readers after registration, as well as free publication for authors. It is committed both to maintaining its standards as a Medline-listed journal and to supporting aspirant and more experienced authors from Africa to publish their work. It is committed to innovative approaches to enhance information sharing amongst the health care community in rural Africa.
This new section of RRH can be accessed at http://www.rrh.org.au - and select "African section" from the main menu.
Since 2001, under the editorship of Professor Paul Worley, RRH has brought readers worldwide an easily accessible, peer-reviewed, international evidence-base to inform improvement in health service delivery and health status in rural communities.
RRH is a joint publication of the Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN) and the Federation of Rural Australian Medical Educators (FRAME). The African section has been endorsed by the Rural Doctors Association of Southern Africa (RuDASA).
In a recent editorial entitled "Health and information in Africa: the role of the journal Rural and Remote Health", Professors Couper and Worley said, "The issues of rural and remote health - such as access to care, workforce difficulties, communication challenges, skills sets, teamwork, multidisciplinary functioning, the need for creative solutions and appropriate technology - are the issues of health care in most of Africa, outside of major urban centres". Read the entire editorial at:
http://rrh.deakin.edu.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=644
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Fiorenza Monticelli
Health Systems Trust
Editor and Project Manager
HealthLink
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