Abstract this book offers a prospective on the global response to one of the greatest moral legal and public health challenges of the twenty first century achieving the human right to health as enshrined in the united nations declaration of human rights udhr and other legal instruments the book aims to bring clarity to many of the complex . Advancing the human right to health offers a prospective on the global response to one of the greatest moral legal and public health challenges of the 21st century achieving the human right to health as enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights udhr and other legal instruments. The right to health is one of a set of internationally agreed human rights standards and is inseparable or indivisible from these other rights this means achieving the right to health is both central to and dependent upon the realisation of other human rights to food housing work education information and participation. This book offers a prospective on the global response to one of the greatest moral legal and public health challenges of the 21st century achieving the human right to health as enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights udhr and other legal instruments featuring writings by global thought leaders in the world of health human rights the book brings clarity to many of the. Advancing the human right to health jose m zuniga stephen p marks and lawrence o gostin print publication date 2013 isbn 9780199661619 publisher oxford university press