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This book has presented a survey of intersections between geographies and health issues that help to uncover the possibilities and limits of the international framework for the human right to health in national and regional contexts. Many of the countries and regions profiled in this book have integrated aspects of the right to health into policies and programs already. Some have formally recognized the right to health in their laws and constitutions, and a few have used the normative content of the right to inform public health strategies. Despite increasing recognition and acceptance of the right to health, some of its most basic elements remain unattainable for large numbers of people, with particular subpopulations bearing disproportionate disease burdens.
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UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 2000.
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Ibid.
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World Health Organization 2013.
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UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 2000, at 39.
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UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights 2000, at 40.
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Ibid.
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Para(s) 12(b)(i), 12(b)(ii), 18, 35, 37, 40, 43 (a), 43(f), 52, 62, 65.
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UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (2000) The right to the highest attainable standard of health E/C.12/2000/4. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/%28symbol%29/E.C.12.2000.4.En. Accessed 28 Nov 2013
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Ferguson, R., Nnamuchi, O., Markovic, M.M. (2014). Conclusions. In: Toebes, B., Ferguson, R., Markovic, M., Nnamuchi, O. (eds) The Right to Health. T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-014-5_15
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