PHM-Exch> Fwd: Lancet-O'Neill Commission on Global Health and the Law

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Eric Friedman <Eric.Friedman at law.georgetown.edu>


https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)30233-8/fulltext

"Countless diseases prevented and millions of lives saved. What is the
wonder drug that works these seeming miracles? It is not a medicine, or
even a healthcare system. It is the law, enacted on the floors of national
legislatures...."
"In an era of globalisation, promoting public health and equity requires
cooperation and coordination both within and among states. Law can be a
powerful tool for advancing global health, yet it remains substantially
underutilised and poorly understood. Working in partnership, public health
lawyers and health professionals can become champions for evidence-based
laws to ensure the public's health and safety.

"This *Lancet* Commission articulates the crucial role of law in achieving
global health with justice, through legal instruments, legal capacities,
and institutional reforms, as well as a firm commitment to the rule of law.
The Commission's aim is to enhance the global health community's
understanding of law, regulation, and the rule of law as effective tools to
advance population health and equity."

"The power of the law shines through in a new report released today
<http://www.thelancet.com/commissions/legal-determinants-of-health> by
*The* *Lancet-O’Neill-Georgetown
University Commission on Global Health and the Law*. Above all, the report
shows how law can fulfill the global pledge of the universal right to
health, while “leaving no one behind
<https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2016/leaving-no-one-behind>.” The
report offers a comprehensive roadmap towards realizing the law’s power to
make us healthier and safer, describing how principles – like fairness,
participation, and wielding evidence – can shape policies throughout
government."
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