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History of the Center for Rural Health

Donations over $25 qualify to receive a free copy of Michael Joe Dupont's brand new (2015) 166-page book, "Four Decades in the Desert: The University of Arizona's Center for Rural Health, 1970-2015." (see excerpt at right)

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From the Introduction of "Four Decades in the Desert..."

"There is a cinematic sweep to the story of the University of Arizona’s Center for Rural Health that rivals anything shown on the big or small screens. It is a script that sometimes seems so unlikely that you wonder whether it would ever have been shot by even an independent studio. It is a tale born in tragedy which then rises to great heights, only to revisit its terrible beginnings before ending with a hopeful rebirth. Certainly, there is a Game of Thrones element to it: The true-hearted hero slips away shockingly in the middle of the saga, and years of strife unspool until a rightful heir emerges in the epilogue. But there are traces of the Ten Commandments as well. Four Decades in the Desert. Forty years of wandering in the high and low wastelands of rural Arizona – from Ganado to Globe, from Second Mesa to Springerville, from Marana to Morenci, and from Page to Patagonia – bringing healthcare access and coverage to the most remote regions of this super-sized state.…"