Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 33
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- In order to shift the global paradigm of international assistance for health from a donor-based charity regime towards an obligatory system based on the principle of solidarity, global pooling mechanisms should be founded upon international or regional treaties under which States incur legal obligations to contribute to the pool according to their ability to pay and through which funds are allocated based upon need. Such a shift is necessary in order to ensure the availability of sustainable international funding as required by the right to health. In order to promote ownership and accountability within the regime, each State would contribute to the fund regardless of its income level and all funding and programmatic processes must be transparent and include the active and informed participation of civil society and affected communities. In order to realize the right to health globally, States should therefore take all necessary steps towards the development of treaty-based global pooling mechanisms, comprising compulsory progressive contributions allocated based upon need and driven by transparent, participatory processes.
- 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. 33.
- Paragraph number
- 33
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