The next WHO Director-General's highest priority: a Global Treaty on the Human Right to Health

Lawrence O. Gostin; Eric A. Friedman; Paulo Buss; Mushtaque Chowdhury; Anand Grover; Mark Heywood; Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra; Gabriel Leung; Judith Mackay; Precious Matsoso; Sigrun Møgedal; Joia S. Mukherjee; Francis Omaswa; Joy Phumaphi; K. Srinath Reddy; Mirta Roses Periago; Joe Thomas; Oyewale Tomori; Miriam Were; Debrework Zewdie

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30219-4

The next WHO Director-General's highest priority: a Global Treaty on the Human Right to Health

Lawrence O. Gostin
, Eric A. Friedman
, Paulo Buss
, Mushtaque Chowdhury
, Anand Grover
, Mark Heywood
, Churnrurtai Kanchanachitra
, Gabriel Leung
, Judith Mackay
, Precious Matsoso
, Sigrun Møgedal
, Joia S. Mukherjee
, Francis Omaswa
, Joy Phumaphi
, K. Srinath Reddy
, Mirta Roses Periago
, Joe Thomas
, Oyewale Tomori
, Miriam Were
, Debrework Zewdie

Global Health Law Georgetown University
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
National Academy of Medicine
BRAC
BRAC University
Lawyers Collective
SECTION27
Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University
The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
Vital Strategies
Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control
National Department of Health
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Partners In Health
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation
African Leaders Malaria Alliance
Public Health Foundation of India
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
Partners in Population and Development
Nigerian Academy of Science
Moi University
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e890-e892
Journal	The Lancet Global Health
Volume	4
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30219-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Gostin, L. O., Friedman, E. A., Buss, P., Chowdhury, M., Grover, A., Heywood, M., Kanchanachitra, C., Leung, G., Mackay, J., Matsoso, P., Møgedal, S., Mukherjee, J. S., Omaswa, F., Phumaphi, J., Reddy, K. S., Periago, M. R., Thomas, J., Tomori, O., Were, M., & Zewdie, D. (2016). The next WHO Director-General's highest priority: a Global Treaty on the Human Right to Health. The Lancet Global Health, 4(12), e890-e892. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30219-4

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