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Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human right to health. [PDF]
Int J Equity Health, 2022 Background Human rights are best protected, promoted and guaranteed when they can compel binding and enforceability duty. One prominent criticism of category of human rights which includes the human right to health is that it is difficult, to assign the ...
Nampewo Z, Mike JH, Wolff J.
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The right to public health [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2016 Abstract This chapter reframes the project of public health within a rights framework. It argues that there is a right to health, and this entails that individuals have a right to public health. Given that there is a right to public health, the state should undertake to reduce health risks.
Wilson, JGS
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Advancing the Right to Health: The Vital Role of Law [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 2017 Effective laws and an enabling legal environment are essential to a healthy society. Most public health challenges – from infectious and non-communicable diseases to injuries, from mental illness to universal health coverage – have a legal component.
Cabrera, Oscar A. +4 more
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The International Right to Health: What Does It Mean in Legal Practice and How Can It Affect Priority Setting for Universal Health Coverage? [PDF]
Health systems and reform, 2015 The international right to health is enshrined in national and international law. In a growing number of cases, individuals denied access to high-cost medicines and technologies under universal coverage systems have turned to the courts to challenge the ...
Chalkidou, Kalipso +4 more
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 Realization of the individual’s right to health in settings such as sub-Saharan Africa, where health care adequate resources are lacking, is challenging.
J. Ashu +5 more
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Realizing the right to health in Latin America, equitably
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2021 This special issue “Realizing the Right to Health in Latin America and the Caribbean” provides an overview of one of the most challenging objectives of health systems: equity and the realization of the right to health.
Manuela Villar Uribe +3 more
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Is health a right or an obligation?
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2007 Etsuji Okamoto
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Global Health Action, 2020 Background: The presence of corruption in State institutions and broader society presents a significant obstacle to the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health.
S. Sekalala +2 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023 Although sexuality, reproductive health, and starting a family are human rights that should be guaranteed for all citizens, they are still taboo issues for people with intellectual disability (ID), and even more so for women with ID.
P. Pérez-Curiel +3 more
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background The recently increased access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa has placed additional strain on human and infrastructure resources of the public health sector.
Idah Mokhele +5 more
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