HEALTHCARE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: UNITED NATIONS’ INITIATIVES TO ENSURE RIGHT TO HEALTH
Abstract
In addition to being a fundamental human right, health is also a prerequisite for the fulfilment of other rights. Among the numerous facets of human wellness, good health is essential to the exercise of human rights. Additionally, being well is essential for enabling people to engage in other activities that would improve their welfare. A healthy individual is thus in a better position to practically engage in activities that they find beneficial, raise their level of living, boost their prospects of success in life, and enjoy other human rights. In addition to being a necessary condition for participation in social, economic, and cultural endeavours as well as civic and political activities, health is a basic human right and a necessary, fundamental, and indispensable state of wellbeing. Thus, one of the pillars supporting the advancement of human growth and general well-being is the right to health.
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