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Human rights - World Health Organization (WHO)

(2 days ago) The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is enshrined in several international legal instruments including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rig… See more

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/human-rights-and-health

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Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human right to health

(5 days ago) WEBThe need for human rights. While looking in detail at mechanisms of implementation of the right to health, it is also worth considering why it is that some …

https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-022-01634-3

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Health care is a human right—and that means …

(8 days ago) WEBHealthcare, the United Nations says, is an essential part of that duty. In 2018, the U.N. Committee on Civil and Political Rights said the right to life cannot exist without equal access to affordable healthcare …

https://harvardpublichealth.org/equity/health-care-is-a-human-right/

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Human rights - World Health Organization (WHO)

(6 days ago) WEBThe right to health is closely related to and dependent on the realization of other human rights, including the rights to life, food, housing, work, education, privacy, access to information, freedom from …

https://www.who.int/health-topics/human-rights

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OHCHR and the right to health OHCHR - UN Human …

(1 days ago) WEBThe Right to Health, Fact Sheet No. 31, OHCHR/WHO (2008). Latest reports. E/2023/74: Economic, social and cultural rights (2023) In the present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/health

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The Right to Health - UN Human Rights Office

(Just Now) WEBThe 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights also mentioned health as part of the right to an adequate standard of living (art. 25). The right to health was again recognized as …

https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Factsheet31.pdf

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Human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic: a …

(3 days ago) WEBWhen the history of the COVID-19 pandemic is written, the failure of many states to live up to their human rights obligations should be a central narrative. The pandemic began with Wuhan officials in China …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01278-8/fulltext

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Health and Human Rights Journal – A global …

(7 days ago) WEBTo Achieve a Healthier World, Global Health Law and Policy Must Be Grounded in Human Rights Book Review by David Patterson, 8 April 2024. Listening is Believing: Can Oral History Catalyze Greater Investment in …

https://www.hhrjournal.org/

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Half a Century of a Right to Health? United Nations

(5 days ago) WEBThe Right to Health. The right to health is a cardinal social and economic right. According to article 12 of ICESCR, “The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right …

https://www.un.org/en/chronicle/article/half-century-right-health

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The right to health - The Lancet

(3 days ago) WEBHuman Rights Day is recognised annually on Dec 10, and this year is especially important since it is the 70th anniversary of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)33141-6/fulltext

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Interpreting the International Right to Health in a Human Rights …

(3 days ago) WEBAbstract. This article tracks the shifting place of the international right to health, and human rights-based approaches to health, in the scholarly literature and United Nations (UN). …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5394996/

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Human Rights in Public Health - PMC - National Center for …

(3 days ago) WEBWithin the American Public Health Association (APHA), the newly established Human Rights Forum seeks to build the capacity of public health professionals to mainstream …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293343/

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The Right of Everyone to Sexual and Reproductive Health: …

(7 days ago) WEBHuman Rights Watch has extensively documented the human rights impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, including impacts on sexual and reproductive health …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/06/10/right-everyone-sexual-and-reproductive-health-challenges-and-opportunities-during

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Introduction: Human rights and global health special issue

(6 days ago) WEBThe emergence of the field of health and human rights during the closing decades of the twentieth century offered the promise of an important shift of perspective …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2022.2135752

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Collision of Fundamental Human Rights and the Right to Health …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction “Our rights culture cannot constitute us unless all rights count, and all rights cannot count if all rights are absolute.” 1 COVID-19 (the new coronavirus disease) requires judicial decision-making and public policies for countries to protect public and private health systems and consequently the well-being, and in a prior way, the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820746/

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What is health equity? How the idea grew – and why it matters

(9 days ago) WEBHealth equity seeks to address that. "Health equity means that we achieve health that is as equal as possible, within the constraints of things we can fix," said Dr. …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/04/24/what-is-health-equity-how-the-idea-grew-and-why-it-matters

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Promoting Health as a Human Right in the Post-ACA United States

(4 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution of 1946 declared that the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health”—defined as “a state of …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/promoting-health-human-right-post-aca-united-states/2015-10

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Sexual and reproductive health and rights OHCHR - UN Human …

(2 days ago) WEBWomen’s sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right to health, the right to privacy, the …

https://www.ohchr.org/en/women/sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights

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Invoking Health and Human Rights in the United States - PMC

(9 days ago) WEBThe United States is rough terrain for those aiming to stake health-related human rights claims on domestic soil. Less than a decade ago, the passage of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was designed as a massive expansion of insurance-based health coverage, led some health and human rights scholars to wax …

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6586963/

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The right to health - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WEBWhen people's health needs are not met, they have a right to raise the issue and expect action to be taken. The right to health is connected to many of the …

https://www.who.int/tools/your-life-your-health/know-your-rights/the-right-to-health

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US: Abortion Access is a Human Right Human Rights Watch

(6 days ago) WEBQ&A: Access to Abortion is a Human Right. “Guaranteeing access to abortion is not only a public health imperative, it is a human rights imperative as well,” …

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/06/24/us-abortion-access-human-right

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Biden Administration Restores Health Protections for Gay and

(5 days ago) WEBApril 26, 2024. The Biden administration announced expansive new protections on Friday for gay and transgender medical patients, prohibiting federally …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/politics/biden-gay-transgender-health-care.html

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Constitution and Legal Basis of Health Rights: Lessons from Cancer

(3 days ago) WEBHealth Rights in Terms of Social Rights. Article 36 (3) of our Constitution emphasizes the obligation to protect the national health of the nation by stipulating that …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7798178/

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A Year Without Roe - Bloomberg School of Public Health

(2 days ago) WEBIt’s been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, dismantling the constitutional right to abortion more than 50 years after the case …

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/a-year-without-roe

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations

(8 days ago) WEBUniversal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. Drafted by …

https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights

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The Biden-Harris Administration Issues New Rule to Support …

(3 days ago) WEBHIPAA privacy protections for reproductive health care. The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for women, …

https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2024/04/22/biden-harris-administration-issues-new-rule-support-reproductive-health-care-privacy-under-hipaa.html

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New online first articles from JAMA JAMA Network

(4 days ago) WEBThis Medical News article is an interview with psychiatrist Vikram Patel, chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/newonline/2024/5

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Minnesota lawmakers debate constitutional amendment to …

(4 days ago) WEBA green sign that says "YES on ERA!" is held by a supporter of the proposed Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment at the Minnesota Capitol building in St. Paul, …

https://www.wfmz.com/news/minnesota-lawmakers-debate-constitutional-amendment-to-protect-abortion-and-lgbtq-rights/article_5f5d827a-1891-5364-bf7f-d5d586fc27d7.html

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Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used …

(7 days ago) WEBHuman rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law Israel used a US weapon in a March …

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/06/israel-airstrike-lebanon-us-weapons-international-law

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