Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 12
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Inadequate prioritization of health, insufficient resources and poor governance has increased the inability of governments to finance efficient health systems that enhance access to medicines, consequently increasing their dependence on out-of-pocket payments and international donor funding. Even where international donors like the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have stepped in to fill this gap, they have only managed to reach a portion, though significant, of those who need these medicines due to limited budgets.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Special Procedures' report
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Health
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Year
2013
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/42, para. 12.