The human right to the highest attainable standard of health: new opportunities and challenges

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 603-607

  Hunt, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human rights; Neglected diseases; Poverty reduction; The right to health; UN Special Rapporteur; US Peru trade negotiations

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NIGER; PERU; POVERTY; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NIGER; PARASITIC DISEASES; PERU; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UGANDA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 33646477006     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.03.001     Document Type: Editorial

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