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Find out more about the Right to health

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of him and his family,” article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. RFI / Sonia Rolley

70 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed. How does the right to benefit from the best possible state of health fit more generally with respect for other human rights (such as food, housing, work, education, non-discrimination, or access to information)? How to try to define simply the Right to health? Can we say today that there is a geography of this right which is linked to the level of economic development? Can it be said that, among the developing countries, there are States which act as pioneers, leaders in this field of access to care?

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