THE RIGHT TO HEALTH AND ROLE OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Right to Health, Public Health, World Health Organization, Human Rights, Vulnerable Group, Elder People, Population
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‘Health is not mainly an issue of doctors, social service and hospitals; it is an issue of social justice.’
Health in its broader prospective connotes ‘a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Improved public health requires unbiased access to medical treatment, medicines and diagnostic procedures. Such a system can be achieved through rights oriented approach. Right to health gives common man right to access health services and right to demand improvements in it. World Health Organization (WHO) was created to facilitate access to health services to human being across the globe irrespective of their nationality. It has helped countries to realize right to health for their people. This paper discusses right to health and the role played by the WHO in its realization. For this purposes it also discusses the establishment and functioning of the WHO.
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Dr. Mukesh Kumar Malviya
Assistant Professor, Law School, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
Vaibhav Chaudhari
Research Scholar, Law School, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
Saurbh Yadav
Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 273009
Shweta Tiwari
Research Scholar, Hindi Department, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005
Muhammad Javed
Research Scholar, Law School, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005