AUTHOR=Ortiz-Prado Esteban , Merlo-Chaves Luis Fernando , Vasconez-Gonzalez Jorge , Suarez-Sangucho Isaac A. , Izquierdo-Condoy Juan S. TITLE=Ensuring safety and security for Ecuador's rural health doctors: a call to action JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1607070 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2025.1607070 ISSN=2296-2565