Report of the SR on the right to health and Agenda 2030 2016, para. 85
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Private, out-of-pocket payments account for about 50 per cent of total health expenditures in countries where more than 50 per cent of the population is living on less than $2 per day. It is actually the poorest and most in need who suffer from such payments. Universal health coverage consistent with the right to health requires establishing a financing system that is equitable and pays special attention to the poor and others unable to pay for health-care services, such as children and adolescents.
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
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Special Procedures' report
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N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Adolescents
Children
Year
2016
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Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2016), A/71/304, para. 85.