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Figure 3.10Percentage of women who reported difficulties in accessing health care because of the distance to health facility,by location, 2010-2014Distant health care services are a major barrier to access for many women, particularly those in rural areasRural UrbanSSA48% 25% 69% 22% 45% 18%Democratic Republicof the CongoMozambiqueSenegalSA51% 21% 47% 17%NepalPakistanMENA34% 25%JordanLAC67% 34% 60% 25% 53% 24%Peru Haiti HondurasEAP39% 25% 38% 18% 14% 7%Cambodia Philippines IndonesiaCEECA35% 12% 29% 12% 25% 14%Tajikistan Armenia KyrgyzstanSource: ICF International 2015.Note: Data refer to the most recent available during the period specified. The data included in the figure captures the percentage of women who reported distance to the health facility as aproblem in answering a question in the DHS on factors limiting access to health care (see note to Figure 3.7).Finally, women may be reluctant to consultdoctors of the opposite sex or be culturallydiscouraged from doing so. In such cases, lackof female health staff constitutes a significantaccess barrier. In the Plurinational State of Bolivia,Ethiopia, Maldives, Peru, São Tomé and Príncipeand Timor-Leste, for example, half or more of thewomen reporting difficulties in accessing healthcare cite concerns over the availability of a femalehealth provider. 193167