Multifaceted Support for a New Medical School in Nepal Devoted to  Rural Health by a Canadian Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Multifaceted Support for a New Medical School in Nepal Devoted to Rural Health by a Canadian Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

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Publisher: SOLEZ

Authors: Kim Solez

Publish Year: 2012

Pages: 10

ISBN10: 1916-9744

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Nepal and Alberta are literally a world apart. Yet they share a common problem of restricted access to health
services in remote and rural areas. In Nepal, urban-rural disparities were one of the main issues in the recent civil
war, which ended in 2006. In response to the need for improved health equity in Nepal a dedicated group of Nepali
physicians began planning the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), a new health sciences university
dedicated to the education of rural health providers in the early 2000s.