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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How Rajasthan can make its Right to Health promise work -K Sujatha Rao

How Rajasthan can make its Right to Health promise work -K Sujatha Rao

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published Published on Mar 19, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 19, 2021

-The Indian Express

The state must prioritise removing malnutrition, give uncompromising priority to improving primary health infrastructure

In 1947, post-colonial India set off with the ambition of building a modern state on the principles of equality where citizens, by virtue of their birth in the country, would be entitled to a life of dignity. While the Constitution provided the rights to life, liberty, nutritional standards and maternity care, it did not explicitly state health as a fundamental right. Access to good quality healthcare was, and continues to be, a privilege, enjoyed by those fulfilling conditions of wealth, location and social status. This was so despite India being a signatory to the WHO’s Constitution of 1946 which envisaged the ideal of ensuring “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being” by allocating the “maximum available resources”.

The discourse on health as a human right was amplified when the HIV/AIDS pandemic led to the creation of global civil society coalitions that pressured governments to make HIV treatment and sexual freedoms fundamental to human rights. In the last decade, the increasing cost of care and consequent impoverishment of those seeking medical treatment added momentum to the debate by demanding universal health coverage (UHC) to build societal resilience to the devastating impacts of ill health.

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The Indian Express, 19 March, 2021, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/rajasthan-budget-healthcare-covid-19-7234817/


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