Unique challenges for health equity in Latin America: situating the roles of priority-setting and judicial enforcement

Abstract

Abstract Overcoming continuing polarization regarding judicial enforcement of health rights in Latin America requires clarifying divergent normative and political premises, addressing the lack of reliable empirical data, and establishing the conditions for fruitful inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary dialogue.

Keywords

• Latin America
• Health systems
• Judicialization
• Priority-setting
• Right to health
• Democratic institutions