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Your gift will improve rural health
Our rural communities are in crisis and you can help
Our rural communities are the backbone of Australia
- they provide 90% of the food on our tables
- they contribute 67% of Australia’s exports
- they make up 28% of our population yet receive only 1% of health research funding
But sadly, they are in crisis with ....
- only 2.5 doctors per 1,000 people (compared to 4.1 in urban areas)
- mortality rates 1.8 times higher with significantly more disease and injury
- only 1% of health research funding
- underspend of $6.5 billion for rural health
Please donate today to give rural communities
the healthcare they deserve
As rural doctors, we are impacted by the challenges faced by those living in rural communities every day
- rural doctors neglect their own health in caring for their patients
- doctors suicide at nearly two times the rate of the general population
- 40% of rural healthcare workers travel more than 300km and 20% more than 800km to seek medical treatment
- 17% reported that lack of access to healthcare was a factor in deciding not to continue in rural practice
Help us keep our health practitioners in rural communities
Without healthy GPs and nurses, we do not have healthy communities.
By caring for and supporting our rural health practitioners, they are more likely to stay in rural and remote communities where they are needed!
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