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<div> <b><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #990000; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EQUINET Discussion paper 81: Constitutional provisions for the right to health in east and southern Africa</span></font></b><b><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #990000; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <span lang="EN-ZW"></span></span></font></b></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#993300" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993300; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang="PT-BR">Mulumba M, Kabanda D, Nassuna V </span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #990000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" lang="PT-BR"><br></span></font></b><b><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #990000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cite as: </span></font></b><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mulumba M, Kabanda D, Nassuna V (2010): Constitutional provisions for the right to health in east and southern Africa ; <i><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">EQUINET Discussion Paper 81</span></i>. Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development, Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET): Harare .</span></font><b><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #990000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br>
<br><tt><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Available online at:</span></font></tt></span></font></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/Diss81%20ESAconstitution.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.equinetafrica.org/bibl/docs/Diss81%20ESAconstitution.pdf</a></span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font><tt><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></span></font></tt>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This report presents a desk review of the constitutional provisions on the right to health in 14 countries in east and southern Africa (ESA) covered by EQUINET: Angola,</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Botswana</span></font><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, Kenya , Lesotho , Madagascar , Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , South Africa , Swaziland , Tanzania , Uganda , Zimbabwe and Zambia , one other country Congo</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Brazzaville</span></font><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">. It does not cover two countries in the region covered by EQUINET, DRC and Mauritius , due to difficulties with accessing information. The review was carried out within the Regional Network for Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) by the Centre for Health, Human Right and Development, and co-ordinated by Training and Research Support Centre. The paper used the six core obligations as spelt out in General Comment 14 to assess the inclusion of the right to health in the constitutional provisions of the ESA countries:</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to ensure the right of access to health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis, especially for vulnerable or marginalised groups;</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to ensure access to the minimum essential food which is nutritionally adequate and safe, to ensure freedom from hunger to everyone;</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to ensure access to basic shelter, housing and sanitation, and an adequate supply of safe and potable water;</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to provide essential drugs, as from time to time defined under the WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs;</span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to ensure equitable distribution of all health facilities, goods and services; and </span></font>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 3pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#993399" size="2" face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #993399; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> to adopt and implement a national public health strategy and plan of action</span></font>
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