Archive: 2018

By Fran Quigley Frustration over Congress’s failure to reduce prescription drug prices is bringing civil society organizations together. Drug prices are continuing to increase far above rates of inflation, year after year, and more than 80% of…

By Sara L.M. Davis and Allan Maleche Hands off our fingerprints! That was the message from Kenyan civil society activists who blocked the use of biometric data, such as fingerprints or iris scans, in a government study of HIV. This case study of…

By Fran Quigley Photo credit: Catherine Tomlinson Access to essential medicines is a well-established component of the human right to health, but it is a right that remains elusive for millions of people across the globe. The United Nations…

Sofía Charvel, Fernanda Cobo, Silvana Larrea, and Juliana Baglietto Abstract Priority setting is the process through which a country’s health system establishes the drugs, interventions, and treatments it will provide to its population. Our study…

Olman Rodríguez Loaiza, Sigrid Morales, Ole Frithjof Norheim, and Bruce M. Wilson Abstract In response to the incremental creation of an expansive constitutional right to health in Costa Rica, the country’s rights-friendly constitutional chamber of…

Aquiles Ignacio Arrieta-Gómez   Abstract Colombia has made significant progress in the recognition and protection of the right to health. Using litigation—a structural element of the democratic Colombian design—many people have had to…