VRHA

The Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA) is a nonprofit organization working for the 2.5 million people who call rural Virginia their home.

Our mission is to improve the health of rural Virginians through education, advocacy, and fostering cooperative partnerships.

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Upcoming Events:

VAFCC 2024 Annual Conference

November 17, 2024
November 19, 2024
All-day event
DoubleTree by Hilton Williamsburg

The VAFCC’s Annual Conference is scheduled for November 17-19, 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Williamsburg. The premier educational and networking meeting for Virginia’s free and charitable clinics, their safety net partners, and healthcare advocates, attendees will be able to learn, share, and connect with their peers from across the Commonwealth via diverse speakers and robust content tracks.

2024 Rural Health Voice Conference

November 19, 2024
November 20, 2024
All-day event
Abingdon, VA

The Rural Health Voice Conference is an occasion to recognize that health in rural areas is not the sole responsibility of doctors and nurses. Education, economic development, transportation, the built environment, and even social opportunities play a role in the health of individuals and communities. All aspects of the community are providers or barriers to health.

For over twenty years, the Virginia Rural Health Association has served as “The Voice for Rural Health in Virginia.” Rural Health is DIFFERENT. Rural Americans face a unique combination of factors that create disparities in health care not found in urban areas. Economic factors, cultural and social differences, educational differences, lack of recognition by legislators and the isolation of living in remote rural areas all conspire to impede rural Americans in their struggle to lead a normal, healthy life.

At this event, we focus on finding solutions within our communities. We know what the problems are – how do we work together to solve them?

Bringing the people who care about rural Virginia together provides an opportunity to discuss how we can ensure the sustainability of rural Virginia through policy, access, economics, education and more.

VCOM National Rural Medicine Conference

March 7, 2025
March 9, 2025
All-day event
Nashville, TN