Multi-Million Dollar Gift Will Address Rural Healthcare Workforce in Alabama
Source
The Daily Yonder
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Date
Sep 2, 2026
Summary
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine has received $10 million to be used toward a program training primary care physicians in rural communities. 42% of Alabama's population lives in rural areas, and 16.4% of those are uninsured.
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Funding
· Health workforce education and training
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Physicians
· Primary care
· Recruitment and retention of health professionals
· Alabama