@inbook{66edda2584cf4c4aab72eab9a0cebb48,
title = "The right to health: then, now and in the future",
abstract = "The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic posed a global threat to the universal enjoyment of the right to health. It exacerbated existing vulnerabilities, while also creating new vulnerabilities. In line with the principle of {\textquoteleft}building back better{\textquoteright} this chapter analyses the right to health in light of the COVID-19 crisis. The right to health mandates a rights-based approach to health emergencies. What lessons can be drawn from the COVID-19 pandemic to inform such a rights-based approach to health in times of crises? The analysis in this chapter is limited to two main focal points: first, the pandemic{\textquoteright}s impact on vulnerable communities and the widening inequality gap; and, second, the role of private actors, in particular pharmaceutical and biomedical companies, in combatting the pandemic and the existing accountability gap in that respect.",
keywords = "in)equality, accountability, health emergencies, pharmaceutical and biomedical companies, right to health",
author = "Jennifer Sellin and Brigit Toebes",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 Edward Elgar Publishing.",
year = "2024",
month = dec,
day = "13",
doi = "10.4337/9781035306657.00014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781035306640",
series = "The Association of Human Rights Institutes series",
publisher = "Edward Elgar Publishing",
pages = "96--120",
editor = "Andrea Broderick and Jennifer Sellin",
booktitle = "Socio-Economic Rights, Inequalities and Vulnerability in Times of Crises: Building Back Better",
address = "United Kingdom",
}