ILO – International Labour Organization

Global Evidence on Inequalities in Rural Health Protection – Rural Women & Girls

New Data on Rural Deficits in Health Coverage for 174 Countries

Direct Link to Full 69-Page 2015 Research Report:

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3.    The evidence: Inequities in access to health care in rural and urban areas……………………….. 6

3.1. The lack of rights at rural level…………………………………………………………………………. 6

3.2. The impact of shortages of rural health workers and of their working conditions……. 9

3.3. The extent of inequitable funding for health protection in rural and urban areas……… 11

3.4. The health-related impoverishment of the rural vulnerable…………………………………… 12

3.5. Life-threatening inequities: The extent of rural maternal mortality………………………… 16

3.6. The size of global rural/urban inequities…………………………………………………………….. 19