70% of the world's 1·4 billion people who are extremely poor live in rural areas. A new report released on April 27 by the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO), Global evidence on inequities in rural health protection: new data on rural deficits in health coverage for 174 countries , presents the first global, regional, and national data on the extent and major causes of rural–urban inequities in coverage, and access to health care.

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