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Health Right: The right concept

Health Right: The right concept. Frame work What is right Types of right Health right Development of concept of health right Human right Vs Health right Issues in health right International movement for health right Present scenario in India Health rights Indian constitution and law

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Health Right: The right concept

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  1. Health Right: The right concept Frame work What is right Types of right Health right Development of concept of health right Human right Vs Health right Issues in health right International movement for health right Present scenario in India Health rights Indian constitution and law Movements in India Different organization Reproductive and sexual rights Concern about health right in present scenario

  2. What is right? • Right • Duties

  3. Types of right • Fundamental right : right that has its origin in a country's constitution or that is necessarily implied from the terms of that constitution. These fundamental rights usually encompass those rights considered natural human rights. (Atr12-35)

  4. Health right • Definition: The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction or race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.  (The World Health Organization's (WHO) constitution)

  5. Development of concept of health right • The Moral Apprentices Act (1802) and Public Health Act (1848) The first laws containing health-related provisions in the industrial era • After foundation of WHO, health was regarded as a public issue and recognized as a right. • Over the time several international and regional human right laws were made to support this concept for universal recognization of health right .

  6. Development of concept of health rightcontinue…….. • To further strengthen right to health1978 declaration of Alma –Ata on primary health care develop comprehensive health care systems with equitable distribution. • The Declaration of Jakarta in 1977, include respect to human right women empowerment, is one of the important topic of this declaration. • The International Conference on Population and Development Cairo 1994, encompassed three goals related to reducing infant and maternal mortality, and guaranteeing universal access to reproductive health and family planning services) • The Platform of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995), which adopted five strategic objectives aimed at improving women’s health worldwide.

  7. Human right Vs Health right

  8. Issues in health right • Attaining the highest degree of physical, mental reproductive and sexual health. • Equal access to adequate health care and health related service irrespective of sex, race, cast and economic status. • Equitable distribution of food. • Access to access of safe drinking water. • Adequate standard of living. • Right of having safe and healthy environment. • Human right to the safe and healthy work place and adequate protection for pregnant women in work • Right to freedom from discrimination and discriminatory social practice including pre natal sex selection, female infanticide and female genital mutilation. • Right to access to education and information related to health (including reproductive health and family planning to enable couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly all matters of reproduction and sexuality) • Human right of the child to an environment appropriate for physical and mental development.

  9. International movement for health right • International convenant on civil and political right (art. 26) • American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man (art. 33) • African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (art. 16) • Narobi forward looking strategies para 156- reproductive and sexual rights • World conference on international year Mexico city 1975 art. 11

  10. Current scenario in India • Lots of the human right are the part law and constitute • There are no separate set of rights can be named as health right. • Lots of the non government organization are working for the health right of the people on regional and national basis. • National human right commission • Jan swasthya abhiyan

  11. Health rights in constitution and law • Article 21 and 39:  Right to health and medical care is a fundamental right under Article 21 and 39. • Article 242 and 243-g: Gives the right to the municipal or local authorities in relation to the public health and sanitation. • Article 42 and 43 :Health right of workmen

  12. Health rights Indian constitution and law……. • Patients right: • Right of information of the patients own health. • Right to informed consent. • Right of free choice. • Right of privacy and confidentiality. • Right to safety. • Right to complain. Patient can file the complain under Criminal Law, Civil Law, Consumer protection act (CPA)Medical council, Other Laws e.g. MTP Act, Drugs and Cosmetic act, Drug and magic remedies act etc.

  13. Movements in India • The National Health Assembly (NHA) in Calcutta on November 30 and December 1, 2000. • Fourth Asia pacific conference on reproductive and sexual health rights in Hyderabad (UNFPAoct2007)

  14. Different organization National level • National Human right commission • Jan swathyaabhiyan Regional level • AWAG (Ahmedabad Women's Action Group) women's and children rights • Prayas , chittogarh ,Rajasthan India.

  15. Reproductive and sexual rights Why? • Unwanted sexual relation including unwanted pregnancy and child birth. • Physical, sexual and psychological violence in home, community and work place, including sexual abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation and rape. • Coercive or unsafe contraceptive services and unsafe abortion • Discrimination and violence on the basis of sexual orientation • Transmission of sexually transmission of STDs and HIV AIDS • Gang rape as a weapon of war.

  16. Reproductive and sexual rights Reproductive and sexual rights continues……. What? • To be informed about the family planning methods, along with the supportive counseling. • To have access to safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice • To appropriate full range of reproductive health-care services that include women to go safely to pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant and get treatment for the sexually transmitted diseases if required. • Freedom from pressure and coercion.

  17. Reproductive and sexual rights continues……. How? • Awareness about the rights in the community • Strict societal pressure and intervention to stop sex selective abortion. • Provision of quality ante natal check-up at all level • Provision of safe delivery in all the health institutes with regular post natal checkups • Provision of emergency transport in case of Obstetric Emergency • Proper dissemination information for awareness with adequate availability and accessibility of contraceptive . • Provision of treatment of RTI and STDs along with easy availability of the medicines.

  18. Reproductive and sexual rights continues……. • Strict law and societal pressure to stop early marriages . • Strict law and societal pressure to violence against women. • Safe environment at work place. • More emphasis on girl child educations.

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