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Published in: Health Care Analysis 4/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Original Article

Towards Establishing Fiscal Legitimacy Through Settled Fiscal Principles in Global Health Financing

Authors: Attiya Waris, Laila Abdul Latif

Published in: Health Care Analysis | Issue 4/2015

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Abstract

Scholarship on international health law is currently pushing the boundaries while taking stock of achievements made over the past few decades. However despite the forward thinking approach of scholars working in the field of global health one area remains a stumbling block in the path to achieving the right to health universally: the financing of heath. This paper uses the book Global Health Law by Larry Gostin to reflect and take stock of the fiscal support provided to the right to health from both a global and an African perspective. It then sets out the key fiscal challenges facing global and African health and proposes an innovative solution for consideration: use of the domestic principles of tax to design the global health financing system.
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Metadata
Title
Towards Establishing Fiscal Legitimacy Through Settled Fiscal Principles in Global Health Financing
Authors
Attiya Waris
Laila Abdul Latif
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Health Care Analysis / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1065-3058
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3394
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-015-0305-z

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