[Alma Mata] Right to Health Toolkit

[Fred Martineau]

On the 8th June, the BMA launched its Right to Health Toolkit. This provides
health professionals, in both developed and developing countries, with
guidance on how to promote human rights in their everyday practice.
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*"The right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
is a fundamental human right, protected by international law. This toolkit
lays out what this right means for health professionals and their
associations. Although the right to health is legally grounded, this toolkit
is not about the law. It shows the practical meaning and significance of the
right to health in the day-to-day work of health professionals and their
associations. It gives concrete examples based on current health practice."*



The toolkit is a concise, clearly written overview of how health
professionals can promote human rights through their work, and well worth a
read.

For more information and to dowload the toolkit for free, click
here<http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/RighttoHealthtoolkit>
.