The right to health: what model for Latin America?

The Lancet ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 385 (9975) ◽  
pp. e34-e37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nila Heredia ◽  
Asa Cristina Laurell ◽  
Oscar Feo ◽  
José Noronha ◽  
Rafael González-Guzmán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
The Right

scholarly journals La protección del Derecho a la Salud: el caso peruano

2020 ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Frank García Ascencios
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Law ◽  
Current System ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The Right

La protección del derecho a la salud busca hacer efectivo su acceso en condiciones de calidad, oportunidad, disponibilidad y aceptabilidad, tal como consagra el Derecho internacional. En el plano local, en el año 2013, el Perú decide reformular el sistema de protección de salud en beneficio del paciente. Sobre la base de una bibliografía relevante y la experiencia del autor, el artículo reflexiona sobre el actual sistema dirigido por la Superintendencia Nacional de Salud y lo considera un referente en América Latina, pues otorga al Estado la capacidad para sancionar administrativamente cualquier exceso de las empresas prestadoras y financiadoras de salud y, al mismo tiempo, provee eficaces espacios alternativos, a la vía judicial, para solucionar cualquier controversia en materia de salud.   The protection of the right to health attempts to make its access effective under conditions of quality, opportunity, availability, and acceptability, as enshrined in International Law. At the local level, in 2013, Peru decided to redesign the health protection system for the benefit of the patient. Based on relevant bibliography and the author's experience, this article reflects on the current system run, by Superintendence National of Health, and considers it a benchmark in Latin America, as it gives the State the ability to administratively sanction any excess by the health providers and financing companies and, at the same time, provides effective alternative channels, other to the judiciary, to solve any controversy in health matters.

scholarly journals Realizing the right to health in Latin America, equitably

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Villar Uribe ◽  
Maria-Luisa Escobar ◽  
Ana Lorena Ruano ◽  
Roberto F. Iunes
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Universal Health Coverage ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
The Right ◽  
Universal Health

AbstractThis 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. In particular, it concentrates on the issues associated with such a challenge in countries suffering of deep inequity. The experience in Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrates that the efforts of health systems to achieve Universal Health Coverage are necessary but not sufficient to achieve an equitable realization of the right to health for all. The inequitable realization of all other human rights also determines the realization of the right to health.

scholarly journals El derecho a la salud y la publicidad infantil. Análisis en base a la normativa vigente en Argentina / Right to health and child advertising. Analysis based on current legislation in Argentina

2018 ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
María Victoria Gerbaldo ◽  
Maga Merlo Vijarra ◽  
Agustina Mozzoni
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Food Advertising ◽  
Unhealthy Food ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
A Priority ◽  
The Right

El presente artículo plantea la conexión existente entre el régimen protectorio del derecho a la salud, los derechos de los niños, niñas y adolescentes, y el régimen del Consumidor. En Argentina, la protección a la salud dentro de las relaciones de consumo es una prioridad, así, pues, el resguardo de los intereses económicos del “consumidor”, como su salud tienen jerarquía constitucional. El carácter tuitivo se justifica en la asimetría que caracteriza a la “relación de consumo”; situación que se agrava cuando personas que ya son vulnerables forman parte de ella. Lo expresado cobra mayor relevancia al analizar la publicidad dirigida al público infantil, específicamente la de alimentos no saludables. Esto último, ha sido limitado en varios países y ha sido objeto de pronunciamientos judiciales en Latinoamérica. Realizando la interpretación de todo el ordenamiento jurídico se pueden ofrecer razones para prohibir la publicidad de alimentos no saludables dirigida a un público infantil.   This article analyzes the connection between the regulations to the right to health, the right of children and adolescents and consumer`s regime. The protection to the health within the norms that regulate the consumption is a priority. In Argentina the protection of the economic interests of the "consumer", as well as, his/her health has a constitutional hierarchy. The tuitive character is justified by the asymmetry that is intrinsic to the "consumption relationship". This is even worse when people who are already vulnerable are involved in this relationship. This becomes more relevant when children`s advertising is analyzed, specifically unhealthy food advertising. This has been limited in several countries and has been subjected to judicial pronouncements in Latin America. By making an adequate interpretation of the entire legal system, good reasons can be offered to prohibit the advertising of unhealthy food addressed to a child audience.

Palestinian Diaspora Communities in Latin America and Palestinian Statehood

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-120
Author(s):  
Yousef M. Aljamal ◽  
Philipp O. Amour
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
South America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Political ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
Political Views ◽  
The Right

There are some 700,000 Latin Americans of Palestinian origin, living in fourteen countries of South America. In particular, Palestinian diaspora communities have a considerable presence in Chile, Honduras, and El Salvador. Many members of these communities belong to the professional middle classes, a situation which enables them to play a prominent role in the political and economic life of their countries. The article explores the evolving attitudes of Latin American Palestinians towards the issue of Palestinian statehood. It shows the growing involvement of these communities in Palestinian affairs and their contribution in recent years towards the wide recognition of Palestinian rights — including the right to self-determination and statehood — in Latin America. But the political views of members of these communities also differ considerably about the form and substance of a Palestinian statehood and on the issue of a two-states versus one-state solution.

Some Comments on the Highest Attainable Standard of Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-140
Author(s):  
Gabriela Belova ◽  
Stanislav Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Health Resources ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Special Rapporteur ◽  
Health It ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Optional Protocol ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Right

AbstractThe last decades present a significant development of the economic, social and cultural rights and specifically, the right to health. Until 2000, the right to health has not been interpreted officially. By providing international standards, General Comment No.14 on the right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health has led to wider agreement that the right to health includes the social determinants of health such as access to various conditions, services, goods or facilities that are crucial for its implementation. The Reports of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health within the UN human rights system have contributed to the process of gaining the greater clarity about the right to health. It is obvious that achieving the highest attainable level of health depends on the principle of progressive implementation and the availability of the necessary health resources. The possibility individual complaints to be considered by the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights was introduced with the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, entered into force in 2013.

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