Evaluating essential health packages from a human rights perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12719985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Audrey R Chapman (0000-0001-9269-3147, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), Lisa Forman (0000-0002-4200-9359, University of Toronto), Everaldo Lamprea (0000-0002-4904-5758, University of the Andes) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 142-159 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14754835.2015.1107828 |
| OpenAlex | W2236154231 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
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
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Environmental health · Epistemology · Human health · Human rights · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
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| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |