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Fifth WONCA World Conference on Rural Health

2002-04-28 to 2002-05-05

The fifth WONCA World Conference on Rural Health is to be held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in April- May 2002. The conference theme is Working Together: Communities, Professionals and Services. The Scientific Program of the Conference will include multidisciplinary and discipline specific parallel symposia, posters and workshops. Learned papers will be presented by keynote speakers, rural doctors, nurses, pharmacists, allied health practitioners and other rural health professionals and students on all aspects of the health of rural communities. Aboriginal leaders and health professionals will share their knowledge and skills of rural communities. Particular emphasis will be on developing leadership skills for rural community development, since optimal health status for all rural people can only be achieved by empowering communities and developing partnerships which resist urban based solutions and develop rural solutions for rural people. Also discussed will be the dissemination of information to rural areas via rural appropriate information technology, distance education and telehealth For further information: Conference Secretariat The Meeting Planners Pty Ltd 91-97 Islington Street Collingwood VIC 3066 Ph: 61 3 9417 0888 Fax: 61 3 9417 0899 Email:ruralhealth@meetingplanners.com.au

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