Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3500136 | The Lancet | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryLegal instruments and litigation as a way to enforce the rights to life and to health is a relatively new strategy that is increasingly common. We show how legal measures have been used to attain health and human rights with case examples from India and South Africa that resulted in large public-health benefits.
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Authors
Jerome Amir Singh, Michelle Govender, Edward J Mills,