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The National AHEC Organization (NAO) is the professional association of Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) in the United States. AHECs are regional organizations associated with The National AHEC Program. AHECs work in designated regions through community and academic partnerships to advance the availability of health care and health care ...
The National AHEC Program: Review of Its Progress and Considerations for the 1980s, Public Health Rep. 96(2) Odegaard, CE (1979). Area health education centers: the pioneering years 1972-1978. Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education, ISBN 0-931050-15-4; Reynolds PP (2008).
The program began in 1972 with three AHEC regions under a federal AHEC contract with the UNC-CH School of Medicine. In 1974, the North Carolina General Assembly approved and funded a plan by the UNC-CH School of Medicine to create a statewide network of nine AHEC regions. The plan called for the establishment of 300 new primary care medical ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation as the top U.S. health official - one of President Donald Trump's most contentious nominations - may hinge on Louisiana Republican Senator Bill Cassidy, a ...
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) (French: Département de La Santé de Louisiane), formerly known as the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (French: Département de La Santé et des Hôpitaux), is a state agency of Louisiana, headquartered in Baton Rouge. [3]
The School of Medicine offers the MD degree, and some students elect to join the rigorous combined MD–PhD program. [10] Most students complete clinical rotations at one of the Ochsner LSU Health sites including the main Academic Medical Center, St. Mary's Medical Center for Women and Children, Louisiana Behavioral Hospital, and Monroe Medical ...
The study of public health in Louisiana began in the early 19th century, when New Orleans suffered from endemic malaria and almost yearly epidemics of cholera and yellow fever. Attempts to control tropical diseases led to the establishment of the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834, founded by a group of young practicing physicians.
Republican legislators pressed Bogen on the state's medical marijuana program as the governor pushes for adult-use cannabis sales. It is not expected that recreational marijuana sales would be ...