http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/TreatyBodies.aspx
The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set out in the treaty.
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/Pages/ElectionsofTreatyBodiesMembers.aspx
Each Treaty body is composed of independent experts of recognized competence in human rights, who are nominated and elected for fixed, renewable terms of four years by State parties.
Your health your right
"It is completely unacceptable that at least half the world still lacks coverage for the most essential health services."
-Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO
No one should have to choose between death and financial hardship.
But the shocking truth is that this is a reality for millions of people every year. New data reveal that at least half of the world’s 7.3 billion people still do not have access to essential health services, such as having a skilled birth attendant, vaccinations for children or treatment for HIV.
Пациент со ретка болест почина чекајќи лек, стотици други во неизвесност ќе го добијат ли потребниот лек што живот значи. Регистиррани како бројка, но нивните проблеми невидливи за државата. Што треба да направи државата, а не се презема? Вечерва во Топ Тема на Ваша страна дебата со заменик министерот за здравство Гоце Чакаровски со претставници на здруженија за ретки болести Весна Алексовска, Маја Алексиевска Димиќ и Наташа Анѓелевска.
A home-based caregiver in a village near Kayar, Senegal, provides basic healthcare services, including malaria treatment for patients living in areas where there are no healthcare facilities. Photo: The Global Fund/Nana Kofi Acquah
12 December 2017 – The United Nations on Tuesday called for greater efforts on the part of its Member States to ensure universal health coverage, and designated 12 December as International Universal Health Coverage Day.
In one of the two resolutions adopted today, the UN General Assembly – composed of all 193 UN Member States – called for efforts ensure that all people have equal access, without discrimination of any kind, to quality promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative basic health services.
