Medicines information in rural and remote communities Medicines information in rural and remote communities

With challenges like isolation and lack of access to medical services facing the 34% of Australians living in rural and regional areas, we help people living in rural and remote areas find accurate and reliable information on medicines.

We work in partnership with the Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia and the National Rural Health Alliance to achieve this.

Here's what you can do to help promote Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) in your local area:

• Order other free NPS publications and resources, e.g. MedicinesTalk, Medimate, and fridge magnet for Medicines Line, a phone line giving independent information on medicines for the cost of a local call.
• Find out about 16 rural projects we supported which were run locally, and pick up useful tips to help you run your own rural QUM activity.
• Download your free Get to Know your Medicines Kit to run your own event.

MedicinesTalk articles you might find useful:

• Buying medicines over the internet
• Rural communities focus on medicines
• Organising an event in the bush

Working with seniors — rural and remote

Our work with seniors also reaches those living in regional and remote areas.

In early 2006, seniors from Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Taree, Albury, Maleney and Conondale participated in sessions to get to know their medicines. The aim is now to train more seniors who live in regional and remote Australia to be volunteer peer educators in their own area.

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