Established in 1990, the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation whose MISSION Growing Healers for Healthy Communities in Southwest Georgia. Our PROGRAMS foster action and advocacy and are implemented through community and academic partnerships. Our VISION we aim to improve access to healthcare by increasing the number and equitable distribution of providers across our 38-county region. By fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of our population and prioritizing essential disciplines, especially primary care, we aim to build resilient communities with sufficient practitioners to meet evolving healthcare needs.

Our PARTNERS include academic centers; community-based organizations; hospitals; technical colleges; state agencies; private foundations; elementary, middle and high schools; community health centers; Rural Health Clinics; Health Departments; and private providers in efforts to attack the region’s healthcare workforce problems.

SOWEGA-AHEC was chartered to serve 38 counties in southwest Georgia.  Thirty-two of these counties are health profession shortage areas (HPSA) and thirty-seven of these counties are Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P).  SOWEGA-AHEC is one of six AHECs in Georgia that serves all 159 counties.

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