“My Health, My Right:” There Is More to It than Meets the Eye
The WHO’s World Health Day 2024 slogan, “My health, my right,” has been unpacked through the lens of an evolving social epidemiological understanding. The operative part of the theme merely reiterates international positions that have been established for a long and is unable to adequately incorpora...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2024-04-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijph.ijph_478_24 |
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Summary: | The WHO’s World Health Day 2024 slogan, “My health, my right,” has been unpacked through the lens of an evolving social epidemiological understanding. The operative part of the theme merely reiterates international positions that have been established for a long and is unable to adequately incorporate advances in the understanding of the central role that structural determinants play in the production of ill-health. Given the urgency of addressing Sustainable Development Goal and Universal Health Coverage goals, the reduction of health inequities through the promotion of social justice is as much a governance imperative as moral. |
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ISSN: | 0019-557X 2229-7693 |