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Human rights and the right to health

Inequality briefing

First published on 09 December 2016

Description

This is the 7th in our series of inequality briefings. It is about the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. It sets out what the right to health is, what a human rights-based approach to health looks like and gives some suggestions as to how the approach can be used.

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