Access to medicines in the context of the right-to-health framework 2013, para. 4
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- The right-to-health framework sets out key elements that should be fulfilled by States to ensure access to medicines. First, medicines should be made available in sufficient quantities within a country to meet the needs of the people. In fulfilling this obligation States should select essential medicines that reflect the priority diseases in the population, procure them in sufficient quantities and ensure their availability in all public health facilities. Second, medicines should be accessible in terms of economic affordability and physical distance from where the population lives on the basis principle of non-discrimination. Third, medicines should be determined to be culturally and ethically acceptable to the population. Finally, States also have the obligation to put in place strong regulatory mechanisms and transparent processes which ensure the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines.
- 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)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the HRC (2013), A/HRC/23/42, para. 4.
- Paragraph number
- 4
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