TEACHING TOMORROW'S HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONALS TODAY
The Virginia
Statewide Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program was created in 1991 to
help address the Commonwealth's need to expand access to primary care in
medically underserved areas. Early leadership for establishing the program was
provided by the Eastern Virginia Medical School, the University of Virginia,
Virginia Commonwealth University, the Virginia Primary Care Association, and the
Virginia Department of Health. The initial partnership has since expanded to
include a statewide system of eight community-based AHECs, each committed to
developing collaborative educational programs that meet local health care and
health workforce needs. South Central AHEC was incorporated in 1994.
South
Central AHEC includes the cities of Bedford,
Danville, Lynchburg and Martinsville,
and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford,
Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Patrick and Pittsylvania. All
twelve localities in the SCAHEC region are designated as full or partial health
professions shortage areas (HPSA's), or medically underserved areas (MUA). Four
localities have the HPSA and MUA designations.

South Central
Area Health
Education Center
621
Broad St.
P.O. Box
117
Altavista, Virginia 24517
434-369-7703
Toll
Free (from VA numbers only)
1-800-352-AHEC
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
The South Central Area Health Education Center is an independent,
non-profit organization that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
sex, national origin, age or religion.