Collecting and disseminating legal information

Collecting and disseminating legal information

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Overview

In accordance with the mandate given to it by its member states under its Constitution, WHO gathers and analyses information about different country’s approaches and experiences with using health laws.

Because countries often face similar problems and have similar health policy objectives, providing access to this information supports countries who want to learn from the experiences of others as they plan and implement their local health law solutions.



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75

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have legislation to deliver universal access to health care

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Publications

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18 December 2019

UHC law infographic

This infographic provides a quick overview of UHC law. UHC law means any legal rule existing and applicable within a country that regulates UHC including:...

The four country profiles on legal access rights to health care analyse the capacity of the laws of Germany, Japan, Kenya and Thailand to deliver universal...

Reinforcing the focus on anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in national health policies, strategies and plans

This document proposes ways to approach national health planning and the development of policies and strategies to identify corruption risk areas and help...