Universal health coverage as a global public health goal
The work of the International Labour Organisation, c.1925-2018
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7799495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Gorsky (0000-0002-4415-3696, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Christopher Sirrs (0000-0003-1217-7949, University of Warwick) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | suppl 1 |
| Pages | 71-93 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702020000300005 |
| PMID | 32997058 |
| OpenAlex | W3087931930 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702020000900071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
We examine the efforts of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to extend medical care under social security, through international conventions, advocacy and technical assistance. We consider the challenges faced by the ILO in advancing global health coverage through its labourist, social security model. The narrative begins in the interwar period, with the early conventions on sickness insurance, then discusses the rights-based universalistic vision expressed in the Philadelphia Declaration (1944). We characterize the ILO’s postwar research and technical assistance as “progressive gradualism” then show how from the late-1970s the ILO became increasingly marginalized, though it retained an advisory role within the now dominant “co-operative pluralistic” model
Declaration · Economic growth · Economics · Gradualism · Narrative · Political science · Social Assistance · Social security · Sociology · Welfare · Work (physics) · Workfare · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Labor and Employment Law · Law · Public Administration
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The First Inter-American Conference on Social Security
Atlantic Crossings
The International Labor Organization and the welfare state
Introduction
The ILO
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Reforma sanitária e a criação do Sistema Único de Saúde
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |