Page 31 - Human Rights

Faculty of Nursing
Adult care Nursing Department

Public health and health-care provision and programmers, have to be available in sufficient

quantity, dependent on numerous factors, including the country’s developmental level; they will

include the underlying determinants of health noted above but also hospitals, clinics and other
health-related buildings, trained medical and professional personnel receiving domestically

competitive salaries, and essential drugs, as defined by the WHO Action Programmed on Essential

Drugs.

Accessibility. Health facilities, goods and services have to be accessible to everyone without
discrimination based on:

• policy of non-discrimination in law and in practice

• physical accessibility (including for marginalized peoples including people with disabilities)

• economic accessibility (affordability) whether privately or publicly provided

• accessibility of information, including the right to seek, receive and impart information,
consistent with confidentiality of personal data.

Acceptability.

All health facilities, goods and services must be respectful of medical ethics and culturally

appropriate.

Quality. Health facilities, goods and services must also be scientifically and medically appropriate

and of good quality.

State obligations to realize all human rights, including the right to health, are of three types:

• to respect: not to interfere with the exercise of a right

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