This publication sets out to examine the major challenges for indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. It provides an important background to many of the health issues that indigenous peoples are currently facing.

Foreword to the State of the World's Indigenous Peoples / Wu Hongbo -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in the African Region / Pricilla Santau Migiro -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in Asia / Mukta Lama -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Region / Ketil Lenert Hansen -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in Central, South America and the Caribbean Region / Myriam de Rocio Conejo Maldonado -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in North America -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in the Pacific Region / Collin Tukuitonga -- Access to Health Services by Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Federation -- Oksana Buranbaeva.