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Article

2 Dec 2004

Author:
Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development

The Right to Health: A Duty for Whom?

Whose duty is it to implement the right to health? Is it the task of governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or the private sector? What is the role of the government if the market fails?...Or could the private sector organise the health sector more successfully? [speakers include Paul Hunt (U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health), Klaus Leisinger (President & CEO of Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development), Khama Rogo (Lead Specialist, Human Development in the Africa Region, World Bank), Daniel Vasella (President & CEO of Novartis International)]