Providing health care in rural and remote areas: lessons from the international space station

Circumnavigating the globe every 90 minutes, 400 km above the Earth's surface and at a speed of 27 600 km per hour, the international space station typically does not evoke thoughts of rural Haiti. An isolated extraterrestrial outpost of humanity, it represents a marvel of human engineering and...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 73 - 74
Main Author:	Papali, Alfred
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland World Health Organization 01.01.2016
Subjects:	Aeronautics Aerospace Medicine - instrumentation Aerospace Medicine - methods Aerospace Medicine - trends Astronauts Collaboration Collaborative approach Constraints Data transmission Earth surface Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency services Engineering Engineers Extraterrestrials Haiti Health care Health care policy Health care services accessibility Health services Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration Health Services Accessibility - standards Human engineering Humans Influence International International Space Station Low income groups Management Medical research Medical technology Medically Underserved Area Medicine Perspectives Point of care testing Remote areas Rural areas Rural communities Rural health Rural health care Rural Health Services - organization & administration Rural Health Services - standards Rural Health Services - trends Space Flight Space stations Telecommunications Telemedicine Telemedicine - instrumentation Telemedicine - methods Telemedicine - trends Ultrasonic imaging Ultrasound Haiti ASW, Caribbean Sea, Greater Antilles, Haiti
ISSN:	0042-9686, 1564-0604
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