Ethics and health in WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (Editorial)

The constitution of WHO states that,"The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being". Ethics therefore underpin the work of WHO. Governments too have an ethical responsibility to protect and promote the health their peoples at the public health level through the provision of appropriate and adequate health and social services, as do health care professionals working at the individual and community level in primary health centres and hospitals in both the public and private sector.