Web Conferences Link Rural Doctors
The scarcity of nearby medical specialists, inadequate insurance, and the time and expense required to travel to Albuquerque or Santa Fe makes it difficult for many people in rural New Mexico to get treatment for complex, chronic diseases. But a university program is trying to bridge the distance…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Gas Company Fuels Change in Rural Africa
VillageReach, a nonprofit organization in Seattle, has taken a novel approach to improving the health of people in remote areas of Northern Mozambique: It runs a propane-distribution company. In 2002 the charity started VidaGas with the country’s Ministry of Health as its first and, at the time,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor