Is the Right to Health Compatible with Sustainability?
Journal of Global Health, June 2015, Vol. 5, No. 1
4 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Date Written: June 1, 2015
Abstract
There are fundamental public health challenges and trade–offs that need to be confronted for the achievement of the highest attainable standard of health and the sustainability agendas to be compatible. The trade–offs arise because, at a population level, the highest attainable standard of health is a standard that is achieved (or progressively realised) through unsustainable levels of consumption.
JEL Classification: K33, I14, I18
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Reidpath, Daniel and Gruskin, Sofia and Allotey, Pascale, Is the Right to Health Compatible with Sustainability? (June 1, 2015). Journal of Global Health, June 2015, Vol. 5, No. 1, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2599754
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