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The Pan American Health Organization and the Mainstreaming of Human Rights in Regional Health Governance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Benjamin Mason Meier  and
Ana S. Ayala
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In the development of a rights-based approach to global health governance, international organizations have looked to human rights under international law as a basis for public health. Operationalizing human rights law through global health policy, the World Health Organization (WHO) has faced obstacles in efforts to mainstream human rights across the WHO Secretariat. Without centralized human rights leadership in an increasingly fragmented global health policy landscape, regional health offices have sought to advance human rights in health governance and support states in realizing a rights-based approach to health. Examining the efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this article explores the evolution of human rights in PAHO policy, assesses the mainstreaming of human rights in the Pan American Sanitary Bureau (Bureau or PASB), and analyzes the future of the rights-based approach through regional health governance.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 42 , Issue 3 , Fall 2014 , pp. 356 - 374
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