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    Global Health in the Age of COVID-19: Responsive Health Systems Through a Right to Health Fund

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    Publication Date
    2020-06
    Authors
    Friedman, Eric A.
    Gostin, Lawrence O.
    Maleche, Allan
    Nilo, Alessandra
    Foguito, Fogue
    Rugege, Umunyana
    Stevenson, Sasha
    Gitahi, Githinji
    Ruano, Ana Lorena
    Barry, Michele
    Hossain, Sara
    Lucien, Franciscka
    Rusike, Itai
    Hevia, Martin
    Alwan, Ala
    Cameron, Edwin
    Farmer, Paul
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    Friedman, E. A., Gostin, L. O., Maleche, A., Nilo, A., Foguito, F., Rugege, U., ... & Periago, M. R. (2020). Global Health in the age of COVID-19: responsive health systems through a right to health fund. Health and human rights, 22(1), 199.

    Abstract/Overview

    We propose that a Right to Health Capacity Fund (R2HCF) be created as a central institution of a reimagined global health architecture developed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such a fund would help ensure the strong health systems required to prevent disease outbreaks from becoming devastating global pandemics, while ensuring genuinely universal health coverage that would encompass even the most marginalized populations. The R2HCF’s mission would be to promote inclusive participation, equality, and accountability for advancing the right to health. The fund would focus its resources on civil society organizations, supporting their advocacy and strengthening mechanisms for accountability and participation. We propose an initial annual target of US$500 million for the fund, adjusted based on needs assessments. Such a financing level would be both achievable and transformative, given the limited right to health funding presently and the demonstrated potential of right to health initiatives to strengthen health systems and meet the health needs of marginalized populations—and enable these populations to be treated with dignity. We call for a civil society-led multi-stakeholder process to further conceptualize, and then launch, an R2HCF, helping create a world where, whether during a health emergency or in ordinary times, no one is left behind.

    Subject/Keywords
    global health; COVID-19; right to health; health rights; health fund; health systems
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    Health and Human Rights Journal
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