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Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities

Christian Barry, Meg Boulware, Laura Herman, Maggie M. Kohn, Rohit Malpani, Lisa Oldring

December 2, 2008

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The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues of poverty and adequate access to water and sanitation.

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