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No vehicle means a hard road to health care for millions of people

More than 40% of people globally face a long trip to a health-care facility unless they find a ride by car, bus or similar form of transport.
Men carry a patient on stretcher through a mountain pass in Benighat, Dhading, Nepal. 2010.

A person in need of medical attention is carried through a mountain pass in Benighat, Nepal. Much of the world’s population would need at least an hour to reach a health-care facility if on foot. Credit: Mahmud/Majority World/UIG/Getty

A clinic or hospital is a short journey away for the vast majority of people in the world — as long as they can travel by motor vehicle.

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Nature 586, 173 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02737-z

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