World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA.
Independent Consultant, Washington DC, USA.
Int J Equity Health. 2021 Jan 13;20(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s12939-020-01332-y.
This special issue "Realizing the Right to Health in Latin America and the Caribbean" provides an overview of one of the most challenging objectives of health systems: equity and the realization of the right to health. In particular, it concentrates on the issues associated with such a challenge in countries suffering of deep inequity. The experience in Latin America and the Caribbean demonstrates that the efforts of health systems to achieve Universal Health Coverage are necessary but not sufficient to achieve an equitable realization of the right to health for all. The inequitable realization of all other human rights also determines the realization of the right to health.
本期特刊“在拉丁美洲和加勒比地区实现健康权”概述了卫生系统面临的最具挑战性目标之一:公平和实现健康权。特别是,它集中讨论了在深受不平等之苦的国家中,与这一挑战相关的问题。拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的经验表明,卫生系统实现全民健康覆盖的努力是必要的,但不足以公平地实现所有人的健康权。所有其他人权的不公平实现也决定了健康权的实现。