Archive: 2015

Fran Quigley Introduction The flaws of the modern medicine patent system are widely decried. The current system fails to develop medicines to address the health needs of the global poor and creates a platform for unaffordable pricing of the…

María-Luisa Escobar, Leonardo Cubillos, and Roberto Iunes Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract This paper summarizes the background, methodology, results, and lessons learned from SaluDerecho, the Initiative on…

Maya Unnithan Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract The impact of human rights interventions on health outcomes is complex, multiple, and difficult to ascertain in the conventional sense of cause and effect. Existing…

Dr. Francisco Songane Dr. Francisco Songane was Mozambique’s minister of health from 2000 to 2004. During his tenure, he oversaw the introduction of innovative strategies to tackle malaria and hepatitis B. In addition to ensuring the inclusion of HIV…

Thomas Silberhorn Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 The right to health is a human right. Every person has the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health. However, for many people, enjoyment of this right is far…

Julio Frenk and Octavio Gómez-Dantés Health and Human Rights 17/2 Published December 10, 2015 Abstract This paper discusses the use of an explicit ethical and human rights framework to guide a reform intended to provide universal and…