Health financing in the context of the right to health 2012, para. 1
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- Full realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is contingent upon the availability of adequate, equitable and sustainable financing for health, at the domestic and international levels. The present report thus considers health financing in the context of the right to health. It discusses the obligation of States to ensure adequate, equitable and sustainable domestic funding for health and provides a conceptual framework for a right to health approach to health financing. In particular, it examines States' obligations to: ensure that adequate funds are available for health and to prioritize funding for health in national budgets; ensure equitable allocation of health funds and resources; and cooperate internationally to ensure the availability of sustainable international funding for health. The report also explores a number of substantive issues in this regard, including taxation and international funding for health; pooling mechanisms, including social health insurance; and allocative concerns, such as allocation of health funds and resources among primary, secondary, and tertiary health care and the resource divide between rural, remote and urban areas.
- 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
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2012), A/67/302, para. 1.
- Paragraph number
- 1
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