Perspectives: Now is the time to raise our voices

Kenkre, Joyce; Nowlan, Shelley; Wynn-Jones, John; Chater, Bruce; Irvine, Fiona

Abstract

If we are to achieve the United Nation’s target of realising universal health coverage (UHC), the greatest challenge will be meeting the health needs of the world’s rural and isolated population (approximately 48%). The majority (85%) of the world’s poorest live in rural areas (Alkire et al., 2014; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2018). Yet access to healthcare is limited by a lack of resources and a major shortage of healthcare workers (63% of the world’s nursing workforce work in urban areas (International Labour Organisation, 2015)).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Oct 5, 2020
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Deposit Date: Jun 26, 2023
• Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN NURSING
• Print ISSN: 1744-9871
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 6-7
• Pages: 623-629
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987120954951