Right to Health
Published December 13, 2008
Since 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, the right to health has become widely accepted as a fundamental human right. This issue of The Lancet commemorates the declaration’s 60th anniversary, identifying some of the right-to-health features of health systems, such as a comprehensive national health plan, and discussing ways in which to best measure progress in the implementation of the right to health.
Health systems and the right to health: an assessment of 194 countries
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