Evaluating essential health packages from a human rights perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12719985
AutoresAudrey R Chapman (0000-0001-9269-3147, University of Connecticut, autor correspondente), Lisa Forman (0000-0002-4200-9359, University of Toronto), Everaldo Lamprea (0000-0002-4904-5758, University of the Andes)
Ano2015
Volume16
Fascículo2
Páginas142-159
Data de publicação2015-12-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14754835.2015.1107828
OpenAlexW2236154231
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas13

Many countries at all levels of development have formulated an essential health package, sometimes also referred to as a health benefit plan or a health benefit basket. As defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), essential health packages (EHPs) are “health service interventions that are considered important and that society decides should be provided to everyone.” Although EHPs are not often formulated from an explicitly human rights perspective, since they are conceptualized as a guaranteed minimum of health services, much like core health obligations, they have obvious human rights import. This article evaluates the principles from which the plans are developed, the content of the packages, and the experience of countries seeking to implement them from a human rights perspective. In the process, it seeks to gain greater clarity about the health service requirements of the right to health

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