In recent decades there has been an increasing trend toward “constitutionalizing” health—identifying health as a right in national constitutions. Today more than half of written constitutions in the world contain such a right. Whether that is good, bad, or immaterial for the production of population health, however, is much debated. Does constitutionalization improve wellbeing or might it simply distract from or distort good health policy? This dissertation uses a nested analysis that pairs a large-N statistical analysis of 40 years of global health data with in-depth interviews with over 165 policymakers, activists, elected officials, lawyers, and judges in South Africa, India, Malawi, and Thailand. Empirical evidence shows that constituti...
This Article examines state constitutions and health care rights. Notably, close to a third of state...
This interdisciplinary study engages with the fields of human rights law, health law, and public hea...
This article introduces a special issue of Health and Human Rights (volume 15, issue 1) that feature...
In recent decades there has been an increasing trend toward “constitutionalizing” health—identifying...
In recent decades there has been an increasing trend toward “constitutionalizing” health—identifying...
Background: A number of studies have evaluated the effect of a right to health as a mechanism for ac...
Constitutionalizing access to health care has been a positive force for Brazil and South Africa to i...
Background: Global constitutionalism is a way of looking at the world, at global rules and how they ...
The health constitutionalization is directly related to the democratization process in Latin America...
Health has been defined as a basic human right and also, in most of the welfare states in the Wester...
This article provides an overview of the constitutional provisions pertaining to the right to health...
In recent years, global governance institutions have operationalized their commitment to the right t...
Patterns of population health are keen reflections of structural inequities in societies, yet they a...
Brazil has established a constitutional right to health for its citizens. The attention of commentat...
© 2009 Dr. Daniel Wanjau MuriuThis thesis examines the use of the right to health as a legal tool fo...
This Article examines state constitutions and health care rights. Notably, close to a third of state...
This interdisciplinary study engages with the fields of human rights law, health law, and public hea...
This article introduces a special issue of Health and Human Rights (volume 15, issue 1) that feature...
In recent decades there has been an increasing trend toward “constitutionalizing” health—identifying...
In recent decades there has been an increasing trend toward “constitutionalizing” health—identifying...
Background: A number of studies have evaluated the effect of a right to health as a mechanism for ac...
Constitutionalizing access to health care has been a positive force for Brazil and South Africa to i...
Background: Global constitutionalism is a way of looking at the world, at global rules and how they ...
The health constitutionalization is directly related to the democratization process in Latin America...
Health has been defined as a basic human right and also, in most of the welfare states in the Wester...
This article provides an overview of the constitutional provisions pertaining to the right to health...
In recent years, global governance institutions have operationalized their commitment to the right t...
Patterns of population health are keen reflections of structural inequities in societies, yet they a...
Brazil has established a constitutional right to health for its citizens. The attention of commentat...
© 2009 Dr. Daniel Wanjau MuriuThis thesis examines the use of the right to health as a legal tool fo...
This Article examines state constitutions and health care rights. Notably, close to a third of state...
This interdisciplinary study engages with the fields of human rights law, health law, and public hea...
This article introduces a special issue of Health and Human Rights (volume 15, issue 1) that feature...