Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda

Abstract Covid-19 and discussions in Brazil about the distribution of ICU beds stressed the enormous difficulty of guaranteeing health as a right in a public-private system, something that was already known. Enforcing health as a right depends, more than ever, on prioritizing both universality and e...

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Main Authors: Maria Eugenia Ferraz do Amaral Bodra, Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2022-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292022000100404&tlng=en
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description Abstract Covid-19 and discussions in Brazil about the distribution of ICU beds stressed the enormous difficulty of guaranteeing health as a right in a public-private system, something that was already known. Enforcing health as a right depends, more than ever, on prioritizing both universality and equity. This article argues that this requires a new framework in both the legal field and the global health field, that of Global Health and Economic Law, which in this article is examined with a focus on the health care industry.
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spelling doaj.art-c9cbeb0d5c3d4f22afc479a9ce2269442022-12-22T02:43:50ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Relações InternacionaisRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional1983-31212022-07-0165110.1590/0034-7329202200108Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agendaMaria Eugenia Ferraz do Amaral Bodrahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-6144Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aithhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1971-9130Abstract Covid-19 and discussions in Brazil about the distribution of ICU beds stressed the enormous difficulty of guaranteeing health as a right in a public-private system, something that was already known. Enforcing health as a right depends, more than ever, on prioritizing both universality and equity. This article argues that this requires a new framework in both the legal field and the global health field, that of Global Health and Economic Law, which in this article is examined with a focus on the health care industry.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292022000100404&tlng=enPublic-privateHealth care systemGlobal HealthEconomic LawHealth Care Industry
spellingShingle Maria Eugenia Ferraz do Amaral Bodra
Fernando Mussa Abujamra Aith
Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Public-private
Health care system
Global Health
Economic Law
Health Care Industry
title Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
title_full Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
title_fullStr Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
title_full_unstemmed Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
title_short Global Health and Economic Law: Private sector regulation on the global agenda
title_sort global health and economic law private sector regulation on the global agenda
topic Public-private
Health care system
Global Health
Economic Law
Health Care Industry
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