Health as a Global Common and How It is Addressed in The International Community

Perspectives from the Ethics of Care

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-51.2.2023.68301.3-18

Keywords:

Global Health, Common Goods, Universal Health coverage, ethics, care

Abstract

The global explosion of the last pandemic has rekindled the debate on the need to consider health as a global common good. Therefore, the aim of this article is to present the relationship between universal health coverage as a possible safeguard policy – although subject to criticism – to face the vicissitudes that health, understood as a global common good, is going through in the post-pandemic world era. Thus, a review is made of the concept of global health and the implications of universal health coverage of drugs, treatments and supplies, understood as common goods. Finally, the opportunity to establish an ethics of care with a global perspective that nurtures a new approach to the subject from a paradigm based on the inalienable respect for human dignity is discussed.

Author Biographies

  • Elisabet Vidal, Universidad Católica de Santa Fe – Santa Fe, Argentina.

    Abogada (UCSF). Mediadora (Intermed - ADE). Doctora en Derecho (UCA). Docente e Investigadora (UCSF). Miembro del Proyecto “Derechos Humanos y Economía. Relaciones y Tensiones entre los Derechos Sociales y Ambientales y el Orden jurídico-económico Trasnacional”, UCSF - Res. C.S. 7230, Directora: Dra. Ana M. Bonet. Doctorando en Ciencias de la Salud (FURG). Maestrando en Bioética (UFV - FJL). E-mail: evidal@ucsf.edu.ar . ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-3625

  • Vinicius Villani Abrantes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

    Mestrando no Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos Linguísticos, na área de Linguística Aplicada, da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (POSLin/FALE/UFMG – Brasil). Bacharel em Direito, pela Faculdade de Direito, do Instituto Metodista Granbery (FMG – Brasil). Graduando em Letras, pela Faculdade de Letras, da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (FALE/UFJF – Brasil). Pesquisador Associado ao Direito Internacional sem Fronteiras, na Linha de Pesquisa: "Os Direitos das Crianças no Sistema Internacional" (DIsF – Brasil). Pesquisador Associado ao Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Direito Internacional, na Linha de Pesquisa “Direito Internacional Crítico” (GEPDI/DICRÍ/CNPq/UFU – Brasil). Contato: viniciusabrantes@ufmg.br

  • Thiago Giovani Romero, Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brasil.

    Doutorando em Direito Internacional na Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Mestre em Direito na Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Professor na FUNEPE/SP e advogado. Email: thiago.romero@live.com

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Published

2025-02-26

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Vol. 51 No. 2 (2023): Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia

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Health as a Global Common and How It is Addressed in The International Community: Perspectives from the Ethics of Care. (2025). Journal of the Faculty of Law of the Federal University of Uberlândia, 51(2), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.14393/RFADIR-51.2.2023.68301.3-18