Author Details A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas Nathan Wilson1 MSc, Research coordinator, nathan.w.wilson@gmail.com Ian Couper2 MBChB, Professor and head: Division of Rural Health, Ian.Couper@wits.ac.za Elma De Vries3 MBChB, Doctor, elmadv@cybersmart.co.za Steve Reid4 MBChB, Professor and head: Centre for Rural Health, reids1@ukzn.ac.za Therese Fish5 MBChB, Deputy dean: community interaction, tfish@sun.ac.za Ben Marais6 MBChB, PhD, Director: Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, bjmarais@sun.ac.za 1, 6 Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 2 Division of Rural Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. 3 School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. 4 Centre for Rural Health, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. 5 Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa. Correspondence: N Wilson, Ukwanda, PO Box 19063, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa  Author contribution: Nathan W Wilson: literature review, wrote the first draft. Ian D Couper: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content. Elma De Vries: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content. Steve Reid: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content. Therese Fish: critical reading of manuscript, made valuable contributions to content. Ben J Marais: original concept, supervisor. Citation: Wilson NW, Couper ID, De Vries E, Reid S, Fish T, Marais BJ.  A critical review of interventions to redress the inequitable distribution of healthcare professionals to rural and remote areas. Rural and Remote Health 9: 1060. (Online) 2009. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 18 August 2008 Revised: 7 February 2009 Accepted: 12 June 2009