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right has been recognized by the
international system of human
rights as part of the right of any
human being to have access to
the highest achievable standard
of health care, or simply the right
to health.
The “right to health” was
first introduced as a social
human right in 1946 in the
Constitution of the World Health
The right to have “access to
essential medicines” in international
human rights documents
After a cursory review of the most important international human rights
documents, it may seem that the right to have “access to essential medicines”
has not been directly and clearly touched upon as a basic human rights.
However, a more in-depth analysis of those documents will prove that this
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