ENSURING HEALTH EQUITY THROUGH RIGHT TO HEALTH IN INDIA

Abstract

Abstract: This review paper is an effort towards how the right to health is progressing in light of development health as a socially justiciable right have interacted throughout the progression of various health related policies and plans being implemented in India taking into account the preceding agendas of Indian health policies both the current and the future plans. Contribution of International health commitments in ensuing right to health in India. This paper would further deliberate right to health in the confines of Indian legal perspective. Deliberation on the bearing that right to health in accessing universal coverage programs already present in India. What paces are already covered if any and what could be done in identifying the lacunae in the health policies reform in India in terms of progress towards health equity through right to health. Findings: It’s high time to recognize that there is need to address the right to health in a way that is practical, realistic, and valid is crucial in the current scenario. There is a need to advocate right to health both in letter and spirit as it would expedite the process of achieving equity in healthcare. Right to health will put in force the need for policy changes in healthcare, which would be a huge leap in reconciling the legitimate plea of people for having a robust health care system that would meet their aspirations. There is significant need to establish right to health on socially just principles so as to make it valid and robust. Practical implications: The outcome of this study, it is hoped, will contribute in bringing forth issues pertinent to right to health and how it will bring equity in terms of access to healthcare, which is deserved by every Indian citizen.