Does the fact that a country has enshrined in its constitution that health is a right mean that everyone has the right to everything for free? This webinar will discuss the principles of the right to health, their implications and how they relate to some of the main characteristics of the health sector and to key economic concepts such as equity, scarcity and priority setting and principal-agency.

The Economics of the Right to Health

The Open Learning Campus provides convenient and reliable access to the latest developments in topics, which address complex, real-world issues in priority areas such as governance, health, cities, climate change and public private partnerships.


The objective of this podcast series is to scale up the knowledge exchange and coalescing activities on right to health in Latin America. It is intended for policy-makers, health economists, health planners, health policy analysts and researchers, and other involved in health system reform.

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The Open Learning Campus provides convenient and reliable access to the latest developments in topics, which address complex, real-world issues in priority areas such as governance, health, cities, climate change and public private partnerships. The objective of this podcast series is to scale up the knowledge exchange and coalescing activities on right to health in Latin America. It is intended for policy-makers, health economists, health planners, health policy analysts and researchers, and other involved in health system reform.

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The Economics of the Right to Health

The Economics of the Right to Health