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Dreptul la sănătate. Probleme globale
The right to health. Global issues

Author(s): Octavian Popescu
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Institutul Român pentru Drepturile Omului
Keywords: World Health Organization; healthcare policies; disasters;

Summary/Abstract: Devoted to the World Health Day – 7 March 2009, the article is a presentation of the World Health Organization’s role and preoccupations, the main topics on its agenda for the last few years and the issues related to this year’s logo: “Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies”. In this context, the author critically evaluates the domestic situation and refers to the healthcare policies and the necessary measures for hospitals to operate under critical circumstances, particularly in the case of disasters.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 50-53
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Romanian