Right to health means having a legal right to access affordable and quality healthcare anytime, anywhere. Accessibility has three pillars: Affordability, Quality, and [unclear from image]
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Right to health means having a legal right to access affordable and quality healthcare anytime, anywhere. Accessibility: RT14 (Affordability-Quality triangle) Constitutional provision (Under Article 21 - Right to life): → Right to health is inherent. Legal precedents: → DKV measures like Ayushman Bharat → Right of persons with disabilities Act 2016. International commitments: → UN - SDG - 3 (Good health & well being) → UN declaration on human rights. This provides robust foundation for right to health.
Three of explicit legal recognition: - Limited funding capacity → just 1.5% of GDP is spent - Shortage of doctors & para-medical staff - Weakness of primary health care centres - Limited healthcare infrastructure - Skewed health aides → 80% of doctors in urban areas - Large & growing population → thus more burden on state. - Lack of trained will. - Health is a state subject thus need to build cooperation. Measures: Strengthen PHC mechanism → Addressing unfinished like visiting health, sanitation → Effective implementation of schemes like Ayushman Bharat, Generic drugs, Poslan Abhiyaan, Swach Bharat.
— Nidhi Goyal · AIR 91
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