2.2 Health

One of the determining factors of health expenditure is the level of gross domestic product (GDP) and the share of health expenditure in GDP.

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The right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Considering that sexual and reproductive health are integral elements of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

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8. Further calls upon States to protect and promote sexual and reproductive health as integral elements of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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(t) In connection with item 10 Mr. P. Hunt, Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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Considering that sexual and reproductive health are integral elements of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

Also calls upon States to protect and promote sexual and reproductive health as integral elements of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Calls upon States to conduct an impact assessment of the effects of international trade agreements with regard to public health and to the progressive realization of the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of health

(b) The accessibility and affordability for all without discrimination, including the most vulnerable or socially disadvantaged groups of the population, as well as infants and children, of pharmaceutical products or medical technologies used to treat and or prevent pandemics such as HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria or the most common opportunistic infections that accompany them

Recognizing the indispensable role that health professionals play in the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

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OHCHR is also working closely with WHO through the support extended by the Office to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.

Focusing on sanitation, water quality and hygiene at the household level

Many programs, such as those in the Millennium Villages project, already show that a scaling up of primary health systems at the village level can play a decisive role in reducing child and maternal mortality.

Recognizing further the indispensable role that health professionals play in the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

Depression is, according to a World Health Organization study, the world s fourth worst health problem, measured by how many years of good health it causes to be lost.

Recognizing the need to progressively achieve the full realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

However, the proportion of female managers in the health sector remains modest, which is 14.4 at department, institute and hospital levels, and 17.6 at provincial levels.

Reaffirming also that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right,

Health and education services had been upgraded life expectancy had risen and the number of women in the workforce had doubled.

There is increasing evidence that a greater focus on the household level increases the effectiveness of sectoral programmes, especially in the areas of sanitation, water quality and hygiene promotion.

3. Calls upon States to guarantee that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health will be exercised without discrimination of any kind

Reaffirms that the achievement of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a most important worldwide social goal, the realization of which requires action by many other social and economic sectors in addition to the health sector

Recalling also all its previous resolutions concerning the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

(m) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (resolution 2005 24, para. 28)

Reaffirming also that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right,

Concerned about the interrelationships between poverty and the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, and in particular about the fact that ill health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty,

Even on the population level, we are facing some of the same complexities at HICCup (the Health Initiative Coordinating Council), a startup that I founded. How do you measure health improvement?

(m) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health (resolution 2005 24, para. 28)

In terms of school health, 692,000 children (boys and girls) received essential drugs in the schools (micronutrients, vermifuges etc.).

And the EU is a strong supporter of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and of the work of the World Health Organization, both of which are vital to scaling up the international response to malaria.

(g) Respect for the effective and equal access of women and girls to the facilities necessary to protect their right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

Calls upon States to guarantee that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health will be exercised without discrimination of any kind

Concerned about the interrelationships between poverty and the realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in particular that ill health can be both a cause and a consequence of poverty,

NAMRU 2 is one of the world s best disease surveillance facilities, providing health officials worldwide with vital, transparent information.

Reaffirming also that the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a human right to be progressively realized.