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Reviewing Solidarity in the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

By Eduardo Arenas Catalán The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles), entail a notable attempt to consolidate lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The critical notion of shared but differentiated responsibilities is thus strengthened within global public health.

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Judging in the Pandemic – A Malawian Perspective

Bill of Health

By Zione Ntaba Malawi is not a stranger to public health crises in the last number of years, having faced a severe HIV epidemic and several cholera outbreaks continuing into 2023. It is with this context in mind that I turn to reflecting on the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (“Principles”).

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

To design systems and policies that promote the right to health, a holistic and proactive approach is needed, one in which people, institutions, and corporations have a shared responsibility in promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. health care system. COVID-19 and the U.S. Applying the Principles in the U.S.

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Balancing Patient Rights and Costs in Medical Malpractice Claims

Bill of Health

billion in 2020-21, equivalent to 1.5% The costs of clinical negligence are stated in clear terms: “The costs of clinical negligence claims are rising at an unsustainable rate; annual cash payments have quadrupled in the past 15 years to £2.2 of the NHS budget.

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The AMA Can Help Fix the Health Care Shortages it Helped Create

Bill of Health

Indeed, in 2020 and 2021, the AMA touted more advocacy efforts related to scope of practice that it did for any other issue — including COVID-19. It continues to lobby intensely against allowing other clinicians to perform tasks traditionally performed by physicians, commonly called “scope of practice” laws.

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National Health Spending Will Reach Nearly 20% of U.S. GDP By 2027

Health Populi

National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.

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As Overdoses Soar, More States Decriminalize Fentanyl Testing Strips

Kaiser Health News

Many public health and addiction experts, though, promote the rapid testing devices as what’s known as a “harm reduction” tactic to help prevent overdose deaths from illicit drugs that users may not know are laced with fentanyl. And fentanyl-related overdoses recently spiked in Savannah, Georgia, according to Dr.