Unique challenges for health equity in Latin America: situating the roles of priority-setting and judicial enforcement

Authors :: Alicia Ely Yamin
Andrés Pichon-Riviere
Paola Bergallo
Source :: International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: BMC, 2019.
Abstract: Abstract Overcoming continuing polarization regarding judicial enforcement of health rights in Latin America requires clarifying divergent normative and political premises, addressing the lack of reliable empirical data, and establishing the conditions for fruitful inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary dialogue.

Subjects :: Latin America
Health systems
Judicialization
Priority-setting
Right to health
Democratic institutions
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270

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