Pharmaceutical Access and the Human Right to Science

This article explores utilizing the right to benefit from scientific progress to improve global access to medicines, arguing it facilitates the right to health and addresses preventable deaths.

Educational Objectives

Educational Aim:

To examine the potential of the human right to science as a legal and practical tool to improve access to essential medicines and realise the right to health.

Educational Outcomes:
Upon completion of this module practitioners should have a clear understanding of:

1. The interdependence between the right to health and the right to benefit from scientific progress in the context of pharmaceutical access.
2. The legal frameworks (international and regional) that recognize the right to science and its specific elements.
3. How the right to science can be utilized in litigation to challenge barriers to medicine access, as illustrated by global case studies.

Instructions for this Module

• Read the supplied reading material and complete the quiz that follows;
• You have three attempts to pass the quiz;
• The pass grade is 70%;
• You need to pass the quiz to claim your CPD certificate;
• Please click on the CPD certificate link below to claim your CPD certificate and to update your CPD Manager.

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