Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 7
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- In order to make use of maximum available resources, States must therefore take all necessary steps to raise adequate revenue and mobilize resources for health and ensure that health financing is correspondingly prioritized in national and subnational budgets. Budget prioritization requires States to set aside a significant portion of general government expenditures towards spending on health and prioritize health alongside other core funding commitments, such as spending on education, social security and defence. States have a positive obligation in this regard to facilitate the active and informed participation of affected individuals and communities in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of health budgets. States should also ensure transparency in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of budgets for health. In order to ensure accountability for the implementation of national and subnational health budgets and related laws and policies, States should also develop and implement mechanisms that allow or provide for independent auditing and oversight of those instruments.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- N.A.
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/302, para. 7.
- Paragraph number
- 7
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