... attracting and retaining hea lth staff in remoteand/or rural areas, tackling staff mal-distribution andover-specialisation, particularly in the physician work-force, retaining and motivating ... Pesquisa Económica Aplicada (CNRH/Ipea), in the financing agency Financiadora de Estudos e Projectos (Finep) and in the PREPS Program. In the late 1970s the BrazilianAssociation for Collective Health ... rural internships and the need to providetrained staff in underserved areas. In 1977, the firstmandatory rural internship was created in Minas Gerais. In 1976, PAHO, the MoH and the MoE initiatedPPREPS,...