Happy new year!
From all of us here at Rural and Remote Health, we wish you – the wonderful authors, reviewers and readers from our rural health community – a safe, healthy and productive 2026!
We are grateful to all whose valuable contributions have made journal publication possible this year.
Thanks to our team of Associate Editors and regional editorial panel members, whose commitment and efforts in support of Regional Editors are vital and very much appreciated.
We gratefully acknowledge the work and support of Sandra Lyons in project management and the support and guidance of Professor Sarah Larkins (Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Australia).
A monumental thank you to Sally Woollett for her brilliant editing and Matthew Murray for his tireless efforts in improving and maintaining the RRH website.
We look forward to continuing to serve our international rural and remote health community by publishing open-access, impactful research in 2026.
Best wishes,
Emeritus Professor Paul Worley (Editor-in-Chief)
Professor Ian Couper (Africa)
Professor Amanda Barnard (Australasia)
Professor Christos Lionis (Europe)
Professor Bronwyn Fields (North America)
Professor Rodrigo Meucci (Latin America)
Professor Masatoshi Matsumoto (Asia)
Jenny Bigelow (Production Manager)
Melissa Storey (Senior Editor)
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference 2026, Aotearoa New Zealand
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Video | Editor-in-Chief, Professor Paul Worley, celebrating 25 years of RRH
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SARGA 2026, Rural Generalist Anaesthetist Conference, 12–14 February 2026, Barossa Valley, South Australia
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Preventive Mental Health Conference 2026, Parramatta, Dharug Country, Australia, 24 & 25 March 2026
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21st WONCA World Rural Health Conference, 10–13 April 2026, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
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33rd Annual Rural and Remote Medicine Conference, 16–18 April 2026, Quebec City, Canada
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4th EURACT Medical Education Conference, 23–25 April 2026, Iasi, Romania
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11th Health Promotion Conference, 10–12 June 2026, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad, Norway
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9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026, 10 & 11 September 2026, Gaborone, Botswana
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18th National Rural Health Conference, 14–17 September 2026, Adelaide, SA, Australia
World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference 2026, 17–19 September 2026, Kirikiriroa (Hamilton), New Zealand
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5th International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, 8–10 June 2027, Larrakia Country, Darwin, NT, Australia
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