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Develop and strengthen public health law

A L'hirondel1, D Yach

  • 1Policy Action Coordination Team, World Health Organization, Geneva.

World Health Statistics Quarterly. Rapport Trimestriel De Statistiques Sanitaires Mondiales
|July 24, 1998
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The rule of law is crucial for implementing health policy reforms. Strengthening public health law requires WHO to adopt international legal instruments and build national capacities, supported by political will from Member States.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health Law
  • International Health Law
  • Health Policy

Background:

  • The "Health for All in the 21st Century" policy emphasizes the importance of public health law.
  • Implementing policy reforms hinges on the rule of law.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the role of international and national law within the new global health policy.
  • To identify key initiatives for the World Health Organization (WHO) to strengthen public health law.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the status of international and national law in global health policy.
  • Identification of actionable strategies for WHO.

Main Results:

  • International law's effectiveness is contingent upon national implementation capacities.

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  • Two primary initiatives for WHO: adopting international legal instruments and enhancing Member State capacity.

    • Conclusions:

    • WHO should champion international legal instruments for public health.
    • Simultaneously, WHO must support Member States in developing institutional and human capacity in public health law.
    • Political determination from Member States to integrate legislative reforms with economic and social reforms is essential.