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When a specialist appointment can mean a full day on the road, or a flight out of town, healthcare in regions like the Western Plains looks very different to the city, and new funding aimed at rural research is being welcomed as a step toward closing that gap.
The initiative, announced by the National Health and Medical Research Council, will deliver grants of up to $5 million over seven years to build research capacity in regional, rural and remote areas, including support for researchers based in those communities…