Experts has a new look! Let us know what you think of the updates.

Provide feedback
Home
Scholarly Works
Do human rights matter to health?
Journal article

Do human rights matter to health?

Abstract

Legal instruments and litigation as a way to enforce the rights to life and to health is a relatively new strategy that is increasingly common. We show how legal measures have been used to attain health and human rights with case examples from India and South Africa that resulted in large public-health benefits.

Authors

Singh JA; Govender M; Mills EJ

Journal

The Lancet, Vol. 370, No. 9586, pp. 521–527

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

August 2007

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61236-7

ISSN

0140-6736