Rural and Remote Health

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James Cook University ISSN 1445-6354

Conference Report

Bengaluru Declaration on Rural Health

AUTHORS

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Pratyush Kumar1 Convener – Global Rural Health Summit *

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Anshu 2,3 MBBS, MD, Member, Board of Directors – TUFH

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Sankha Randenikumara4 Secretary, WONCA SAR ORCID logo

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Alan Bruce Chater5,6 DRANZCOG Adv, Chair, Rural Wonca ORCID logo

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Gobith Ratnasingam7,8 Co-Chair, WoRSA ORCID logo

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Christos Lionis9,10 PhD, Professor

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Marilena Anastasaki9,10 Researcher

AFFILIATIONS

1 Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India

2 The Network Towards Unity for Health (TUFH)

3 Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India

4 WONCA South Asia Region (WONCA SAR)

5 Rural Wonca (WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice)

6 Mayne Academy of Rural and Remote Medicine and Rural and Remote Medicine Clinical Unit, University of Queensland, Herston, Qld 4006, Australia

7 WoRSA (WONCA Rural South Asia)

8 Family Medicine, Prime Health, Rahumamana Bath, Periyamulla, Negombo, Sri Lanka

9 WONCA Working Party on Mental Health

10 Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

ACCEPTED: 3 July 2025